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hip replacements, knee replacements and joint revisions. They conform to Grade A EUGMP,
with up to 600 air changes per hour. One organisation utilising this
approach to service enhancement is University Hospitals of Morecombe Bay NHS Foundation Trust which has installed a mobile laminar flow operating theatre from Vanguard at Westmorland General Hospital in Kendal. Connected to the main hospital by
construction methods, the latter was built onto a transfer deck at first-floor level adjacent to the existing theatre department and was craned in out of hours to avoid disruption. And it’s not just modular operating
theatres that are being specified. The additional flexibility of mobile solutions is also proving popular. Vanguard has responded to this
demand with both a standard theatre offering and a more-advanced laminar flow solution and claims uptake has soared since 2000. A spokesman said: “Mobile operating
theatre facilities can offer a significant increase in capacity during downtime for theatre refurbishment or during periods of high patient demand. “They give hospitals a reliable,
safe answer to capacity pressures across a range of specialities and procedure types.” Standard mobile operating theatre
facilities offer HEPA-filtered environmental air that conforms to Grade C EUGMP, with up to 30 air changes per hour passing over the patient. Vanguard’s solutions also include an
anaesthetic room, scrub area, two-bed first-stage recovery area, integrated medical gas banks, changing rooms, and utility areas. And installation takes just three to
four hours, another major plus point for hospitals that need to maintain services round the clock. The more-recently-launched laminar-
flow option is widely used across the NHS for specialist procedures including
a corridor and ramps the unit is expected to be on site for 24 weeks while refurbishment work is carried out. And Northern Lincolnshire and Goole
NHS Foundation Trust commissioned a unit to help it increase capacity by an estimated 120 procedures a month in preparation for winter pressures.
Best in class It is for these more-short-term uses that mobile facilities are increasingly being used as opposed to the longer-term modular option. At the launch of the laminar-flow
solution during the 2018 Healthcare Estates show in Manchester last October, the Institute of Healthcare Engineering & Estate Management’s new president, Ian Hinitt, said of the impact of modular and mobile operating theatres: “These are deployed all over the UK, and in fact, across the globe. They add capacity and they assist in emergency situations as well as in planned refurbishments. “And they are not just impressive from
the outside – inside they feature all those things clinicians and others have asked for. There is increased space, refined scrub areas, best-in-class lighting, and surgeons’ panels. There are also enhanced software capabilities and they work seamlessly with existing infrastructures and systems, making them ideal for healthcare environments.”
www.vanguardhealthcare.co.uk www.moduleco.com
www.mtxcontracts.co.uk
Offsite specialist, Western Building Systems, has gained a place on Fusion21’s Modular Building Framework. Following an £17m expansion of the procurement framework, public-sector healthcare organisations will now be able to purchase Western’s temporary or permanent buildings. Western’s Declan McCloskey said: “Frameworks are a means of streamlining the procurement process for large-scale projects. They are easier to use, reduce transaction costs, and encourage continuous improvement within long-term relationships, making them better value for money long term compared to traditional procurement models.”
www.westernbuild.com
www.fusion21.co.uk
• Free guide The Building Services Research and Information Association (BSRIA) has launched a new free, downloadable topic guide on offsite construction. The at-a-glance publication highlights offsite construction for services distribution, namely vertical services risers; larger assemblies; horizontal distribution; offsite construction for packaged rooms – and inside or outside? Plus it addresses if offsite construction is right for the project in hand. Author, John Sands, said: “As with any technology or process, the use of offsite construction needs to be considered carefully to get the best from it.”
www.bsria.co.uk
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