Infection Control is a key focus and concern for every hospital. As a UK manufacturer, Starkstrom is committed to supporting the healthcare sector by focusing on product design and development to reduce the potential for infections when using products from its S-equiP range. These products incorporate infection-fighting innovations and ensure the operating room or critical care area remains a ‘bacteria and virus-unfriendly’ zone.
Clinical lighting
Starkstrom’s range of clinical lighting performs exceptionally well, even under ultra clean ventilation (UCV) canopies, where innovative design ensures there is minimal disruption to airflow and ultra clean conditions at the wound site are maintained. The lights can be controlled remotely via the wipe-clean eTCP, or directly by the surgeon using the Sensogrip controls, so fewer staff – and the bacteria that accompany them – need to enter the clean zone. Membrane-style control keypads and lenses made of strong glass rather than scratch-prone plastic make the lights easy to clean and less prone to bacteria.
Clinical pendants
Products in Starkstrom’s range of multimovement pendants feature screwless sockets and fascias, easily removable end caps, integrated utility poles and oval structural arm design, ensuring they are easy to clean. Factory laser cutting of panel fascias enables third party products such as nurse call and emergency call systems to be seamlessly integrated.
Theatre Control Panels (eTCP)
Starkstrom’s eTCPs feature a membranecovered touch-screen, eliminating the need for protruding pushbuttons, controls and third party alarms that act as unnecessary dust ledges. A ‘cleaning button’ means that screens are locked while the surface is cleaned, so no information is disturbed. The eTCPs are also Bluetooth-enabled, so the clinical team can connect smart media players in the operating room to play music if desired, rather than bringing in external bacteria-covered stereo equipment or docks.
Picture Archiving and Communications Systems (PACS)
Starkstrom’s wall mounted PACS viewing station has been designed specifically for operating rooms. Fitted flush to the wall and off the floor, with a recessed membrane keyboard, it looks sleek and ergonomic and is quick and easy to clean.
Operating lights offer precise colour rendition
Starkstrom is the sole UK supplier of KLS Martin’s marLED range of operating lights. These are fast becoming the lights of choice for surgeons around the world. Based on the latest LED technology and suitable for use with UCV canopies, the company has produced a light that is compact, adjustable to user needs, and equipped with unique lighting technology.
The core of marLED is its second generation high-performance LEDs. This novel technology combines light source and optics in a compact unit – the light from different colour LEDs is mixed at source and not in the light field, so a clinician’s head in the direct path of the light will not change the colour temperature.
Thanks to the tessellated head design, several marLED lights can be combined into one single large light surface in just a few seconds. The special design of the light heads and the immense depth of beam guarantees shadow-free illumination of the surgical field, so unwelcome side effects, such as colour shadows or deep shadows, are not an issue. The main function of an advanced operating light is a precise colour rendition of the different targeted tissues – marLED has a performance greater than 95%. marLED also makes hard-to-recognise features stand out, adding greater depth to the view.
For more information contact:
Starkstrom
256 Field End Road, Eastcote Ruislip, Middlesex HA4 9UW
Tel: +44 (0) 208 868 3732
Fax: +44 (0) 208 868 3736
mail: info@starkstrom.com
Web: www.starkstrom.com
