RECENT PRODUCT NEWS

OXOID’s Brilliance MRSA Agar is an ideal solution to the problem of MRSA screening.

Over 150 MIELE machines have been specified to thermally disinfect theatre staff shoes in hospitals across the UK.

The U GROUP units fully conform to the NHS Technical Memorandum No 83 for Fire Safety.

Featuring clear sides for full visibility of the infant, the new INDITHERM CosyCrib is a versatile and ergonomic system for use in neonatal units, delivery suites, SCBU, transitional care and post-natal areas.

TIMESTRIP is targeting healthcare providers with time and temperature based solutions to problems in the healthcare environment with a new product range – Timestrip Medical.

BARD has launched the Comprehensive Care Foley Tray which provides all the essential items required for a catheterisation or recatheterisation procedure.

SIDHIL has launched the new Independence Innov8 range, developed to meet the requirements of patients and hospital teams.

KIMBERLY-CLARK HEALTH CARE has launched its expanded surgical products range. The new range of surgical gowns, drapes and packs will provide the operating room (OR) team with a wider choice to select the appropriate level of protection to meet the demands of the specific surgical procedures as well as the flexibility to meet their financial requirements.

Patient-warming blankets are being offered free-of-charge to 50 hospitals in East Anglia by the high-tech warming company HOT DOG INTERNATIONAL.

BAXTER HEALTHCARE has announced the approval of Artiss, a slow-setting fibrin sealant indicated as a tissue glue to seal subcutaneous tissue in plastic, reconstructive, and burn surgery, as a replacement or an adjunct to sutures or staples.

In organisations where infectious or potentially infectious laundry has to be washed, legislation requires a barrier setup for clean and unclean sides.

GOLDSWORTH MEDICAL has extended its range of sterile service equipment to offer a new endoscopy specific product range.

The new ABX Micros ES60 haematology analyser from HORIBA MEDICAL is specially designed for point of care clinics, laboratories and emergency services.

JAOTECH has introduced a new self-powered, robust, portable trolley cart for its range of hygienic computer terminals to provide medical staff and patients with easy and instant access to information in hospitals.

COVIDIEN offers an alternative to silver dressings for those who wish to try something new.

MELA SOLUTIONS, a leading specialist medical software company, has announced the release of a new clinical management system, MedICUs for tissue viability.

SPENCO HEALTHCARE INTERNATIONAL launched in April 2008 an extended range of dermal pads.

Queen’s Award winner for Innovation 2008, ACTIVA HEALTHCARE announces the launch of the first PHMB moist wound dressing, Suprasorb X + PHMB.

BSN MEDICAL offers high quality product and therapy solutions to patients and clinicians in the areas of compression therapy and advanced wound care.

Exuding wounds impact on patients’ quality of life in many ways, but the improved Biatain range can make a difference by offering faster wound healing with maximum comfort.