NEWS Britplas meets COVID-19 project window


Britplas has completed the manufacture and installation of a set of externally sliding Safevent Access windows in a new COVID-19 Assessment Ward for mental health patients at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital in Llantrisant.


Mark Blake, Senior Projects officer at Cwm Taf University Health Board, described his latest experience of working with the Britplas team: “As a result of the coronavirus pandemic, Cwm Taf Morgannwg UHB (CTUHB) was required to provide a COVID assessment ward to assess and care for higher risk mental health patients with COVID-19 symptoms. To ensure there were enough beds to cover potential early demand, the conversion of an existing office space into a compliant mental health unit had to be started immediately, with a targeted four- week turnaround. From the outset, new


specialist windows were identified as having a typical 8-10 week lead-in – too long to meet the schedule we wanted to meet. I contacted Britplas to ask if, as a COVID-19 project, the lead-in could be reduced. The answer was not only ‘yes’, but within the four-week turnaround. “Within days, all measurements had been taken, and the windows were being manufactured. Installation of the Britplas


Introducing Guardian by Intercall


Nurse call and staff safety system supplier to the healthcare sector, Intercall, says it is ‘delighted to welcome’ the Guardian Staff Safety system to the Intercall stable of products. Intercall said: “Guardian provides the


ultimate protection for staff at risk from attack in the workplace. Its discreet and personal alarm system is used in work environments across the world, and is compliant with UK HTM and HBN acute mental health unit design standards.” Individual staff members are issued with a personal alarm, which, when


activated, sends a silent request for assistance to security staff, divulging the precise alert location and identity of the staff member. Graham Chapman, managing


director at Guardian, and director at Intercall, said: “We’re delighted to bring the Guardian suite of products into the Intercall family. As the originators of the infrared solution used so successfully by Guardian in its alarm systems, it’s the perfect fit for both Guardian and Intercall.”


All Guardian products will sit within


the Intercall brand, ‘offering a complete suite of nurse call and staff safety solutions for the modern care environment’.


windows took place after three weeks of the project starting, and was completed to a very high standard within six days, as per the agreed programme. I have worked closely with Britplas on several mental health projects going back over 12 years, and have always known it to be thoroughly professional – from initial project discussion through to product installation.”


Every key movement tracked and monitored


Safelocking says its KeyBox – IQ Key range of cabinets provides a flexible ‘standalone, plug and go ready’ means of safely and securely storing and managing keys, with touchscreen access to full audit and monitoring reports.


The ‘reliable, modular’ units can be integrated into ERP and access control systems. The company said: “Hospitals, mental healthcare facilities, and care homes, present unique challenges to today’s security professionals in keeping personnel, keys, property (laptops, phones etc), documents, and drugs, safe, yet accessible for authorised staff. This task is best enabled via the use of a key and asset management system.” The modular design of the Key Box – IQ panels and storage boxes allows for the supply of a custom-built system which logs and tracks every key movement. Key features include:


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l Access to the cabinet via a PIN code, access card, and fingerprint.


l Keys are secured to the RFID tags by cable seals.


l Invokes alerts should keys go missing or be overdue.


l Monitors how often the system is accessed, and by whom.


Safelocking said: “A recent installation required the housing of 1,000 keys in six cabinets in separate locations to be controlled and configured for a central office. The weighted trays in our lockers are our unique selling point. As with a conventional locker, an authorised key opens the locker and allows an item to be removed. However, only a product of the same weight can be put back in, minimising the chances of a different item being placed inside. Should this occur, it will trigger an alarm, both in the cabinet, and to the administrator.” In an emergency situation, an external system – such as a fire alarm system – can be configured to signal to the cabinet, enabling authorised manual override, while in the event of a power interruption, the internal battery back-up will ensure continued operation.


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