RECENT PRODUCT NEWS

2. BRAUN MEDICAL has improved its overall ranking in the Best in KLAS Award for Medical Equipment Report, which provides an industry measure of company performance.

BRANDON MEDICAL’s Astralite HD-LED is a new type of minor surgical light. The technology offers full spectrum colour rendition across all of the visible colours, ensuring they are more vivid and clear.

BERCHTOLD’s latest E generation lights feature a complete redesign of the reflector system providing exceptional spot performance, up to 34 cm in size, with a uniform spread of light across the entire spot. Additionally, the new design offers excellent shadow control and deep cavity penetration.

EASTWOOD PARK will be promoting its extended decontamination training portfolio including the latest course to be launched – the Decontamination Lead Training course. This new five-day residential course provides the learner with the required knowledge and skills to perform the role of decontamination lead within a healthcare environment.

The healthcare division of ECOLAB UK is committed to providing a comprehensive range of effective cleaning, sanitising and decontamination products to help hospitals prevent healthcare-acquired infection.

The Selecta Spray Gun can be used with either water or pressurised air, ensuring the cleaning process is quick, efficient and inexpensive. The Selecta Spray Gun features a new type of internal flow control mechanism. It permits the smooth and simple adjustment of the water or air flow across the entire range of the trigger movement. The spray gun is supplied with a standard set of eight attachments and a storage rack for mounting on the wall near the work area.

SERCHEM has added Conquest Foaming pH Plus into its already successful range of high alkaline aluminium safe detergents. A non-perfumed foaming alkaline cleaner, Conquest is specifically designed for use in the rewashing phase of the decontamination process of surgical instruments.

GETINGE has launched the 88 Turbo washer-disinfector, which provides faster processing – without affecting the quality of cleaning, disinfection or drying.

HEALTH EDGE specialises in the provision of tracking, traceability, theatre management and audit trail systems to the health service. The systems are either manual, computerised or a combination of both.

DR WEIGERT will be attending this year’s IDSc conference for a third time, but DR WEIGERT UK LTD, a new subsidiary company, will be exhibiting for the first time. Dr Weigert is a well-established manufacturer, producing a range of specialised detergents and disinfectants sold under the trade name of neodisher. Based in Hamburg, it supplies hospitals and clinics throughout Europe through subsidiary companies and specialist distributors.

STERIS is a leading global provider of infection prevention, contamination control, decontamination microbial reduction, and surgical and critical care support products, services and technologies used in the healthcare industry. From washing and decontamination, to sterilisation and sterility assurance, the company’s systems and services add continuity, consistency, and quality to proper instrument care.

BMM WESTON manufactures a range of decontamination equipment comprising sterilisers, washer/disinfectors, clean steam generators and a wide range of accessories. The sterilisers are available in a variety of capacities and cycles, from 180 litres to 10,000 litres, and are suitable for use in clinical or laboratory installations depending on customer requirements. They can also be supplied with steam generators.

RB MEDICAL offers a basket system, which offers optimum protection of reusable instruments during the decontamination process. The system reduces the problem of damaged instruments, identifies missing parts and is fully validated – ensuring there are no problems experienced after repeated use.

P3 will be launching its updated and extended range of products for decontamination and sterilisation professionals.

AESCULAP AND DOWNS provides healthcare professionals and hospitals with an extensive portfolio of high quality surgical instrumentation and sterile containers, matched by a comprehensive range of high quality services, enabling customers to obtain all their needs from one source.

SUNLIGHT has been active in the reusable linen and procedure pack market for many years as a leader in sterile surgical drape and gown pack rental. With the acquisition of Rocialle, BDF and IHSS, and the formation of Sunlight Clinical Solutions, the company now offers the surgical sector a broader-based range including custom procedure trays, single-use and re-usable gowns and drapes, instruments and consumables, and a decontamination service.

PURITE, one of Europe’s leading manufacturers of water purification systems, will be highlighting a new resource – www.waterpurification.org.uk – which has been launched to help consulting engineers, health service managers and laboratory staff to understand and specify water purification technology. It provides a wide range of detailed information needed by all those involved in the construction and use of sterile service and decontamination departments, renal dialysis units and medical and healthcare laboratories.

TRISTEL will exhibit an extensive range of high level disinfection solutions. Based on proprietary chlorine dioxide technology, Tristel’s products are delivered in a variety of convenient formats designed to suit specific requirements.

PEACOCKS MEDICAL has announced the launch of the EW2 Automatic Endoscope Reprocessor manufactured by International Steelco. Compliant to HTM2030 and EN ISO 15883-4 the EW2 pass-through machine has been tested to process all brands of scopes with its patented endoscope insertion tube, which eliminates the risk of shadowing during the wash and disinfection cycle.

YORK MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES (YMT) is the UK distributor for top surgical instrument manufacturers such as Stille, Medicon, Heinz Waldrich, Dufner, Zeppelin and Thompson. Adding to its range is a high quality range of suction units and accessories for use in liposuction, ENT, oral, hand, maxillo-facial and neuro surgery from Swiss-based Nouvag.