RECENT PRODUCT NEWS

Designed in conjunction with NHS infection prevention specialists, the PURE HOLD Hygiene Handle is a pull door handle that automatically dispenses virucidal gel directly onto the users hand, ensuring that every person that opens the door cleans their hands, every time.

For almost 20 years, TRISTEL has been supplying healthcare services with a full range of high-quality disinfectants for surfaces and instruments.

HYGIENA INTERNATIONAL is a provider of rapid hygiene testing systems. Hygiena’s core technology uses ATP Bioluminescence which provides a real time objective measurement to verify cleanliness.

SENTRA MEDICAL specialises in the manufacture and supply of safety engineered medical devices including: safety IV cannula; safety hypodermic needles and syringes; safety scalpels; safety scalpel blades.

SYNERGY HEALTH has launched Azo Gel, an instrument pre-clean gel, featuring a patent pending formulation that improves cleaning of reusable instruments.

PALL CORPORATION’s QPoint Tap Water Filter Assembly, the latest addition in the company’s line of point-of-use filters for protection against waterborne pathogens, is said to offer enhanced features, improved performance and a longer capsule life of up to two months.

Hospitals, long-term care facilities, clinics and other healthcare service providers emphasise hand hygiene as the primary way to prevent infection. However, low compliance and increased risk of infection occurs due to:

HAIGH will be exhibiting its SOLO and Panaway waste disposal solutions. As a supplier of Sluicemasters to PFI hospital projects in the UK, the company understands the need for expert advice, technical support and excellent service back up.

INTENSIVE DEEP CLEAN SYSTEMS (IDCS), the specialised healthcare deep cleaning division of cleaning contractor CK Group, will be demonstrating the advances achieved in infection prevention and control.

The new EnCompass hygiene monitoring intelligence program is the latest innovation from infection prevention company, ECOLAB.

SUZANNE CALLANDER reports on some of the themes and trends highlighted during the plenary conference sessions at the British Society of Gastroenterology annual meeting, which took place at the SECC in Glasgow in June.

With recent merging of GETINGE LANCER the company believes it is now able to offer the most comprehensive range of decontamination, sterilisation and infection control solutions.

FERRING PHARMACEUTICALS is a world leader in the research and commercial development of peptides, and compounds.

BES DECON offers a wide range of solutions to many decontamination challenges – such as cleaning, disinfection, and sterilisation.

UK MEDICAL’s Ella range of gastrointestinal stents includes technologies such as the BD biodegradable oesophageal stent and Danis stent for bleeding oesophageal varices, along with oesophageal, biliary, colonic and pyloroduodenal SEMS.

Calprotectin is a proven biomarker of organic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Typically, inflammatory bowel conditions require further investigation by colonoscopy.

KARL STORZ, a manufacturer of endoscopy equipment, will be using the event to introduce a new range of flexible video endoscopes.

PENTAX MEDICAL will be launching its EPK-i7000 HD+ video processor and i10 scope series at the event.

BOSTON SCIENTIFIC is well known for developing products that can improve the management and quality of patient treatments.

PURICORE launched a new passthrough AER for endoscope decontamination at the recent BSG 2013. The modular design of the new system is said to deliver unparalleled levels of reliability with fast cycle times to support the ever increasing productivity demands put on endoscopy units.