RECENT PRODUCT NEWS

SCHÜLKE has introduced Gigazyme first – a single-use endoscopy bedside cleaning kit, for the stage one cleaning of endoscopes. The kit includes a 500 mL tub of Gigazyme first, which is an enzyme based pre-diluted medical grade detergent, and comes complete with a handy contoured sponge.

Delays and cancellations of theatre slots are about to be drastically reduced due to a newly designed bracelet from BRENMOOR.

KARL STORZ ENDOSCOPY UK has recently finished work on an exciting project at Nuffield Health Plymouth Hospital. The project saw the group’s first ever installation of a high-definition digital theatre, Karl Storz’s OR1 NEO.

A new series of surgical procedure packs have been launched to support a range of specialties – from orthopaedics and vascular, to urology and gynaecology, and many more.

Designer, developer, and manufacturer of thermostatic mixing and temperature control valves, Horne Engineering, says that waterborne bacteria are ‘ubiquitous’, and argues that it is thus ‘arguably impossible’ to completely eradicate them from hospital water supplies.

STRYKER has announced the launch of Prime X, its next-generation transport and x-ray stretcher, which combines a safe and comfortable surface for examination and treatment with a high quality, integrated x-ray cassette platform.

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) is to develop Medical Technological Guidance for the AMBU aScope intubating scope.

Hospital steam steriliser loads often consist of complicated instruments and the real challenge for sterilisers today is to sterilise inside narrow lumens. The BD Helix Test (BDHT), introduced by ATI ATLAS, is said to offer several advantages over the standard Bowie Dick Test Pack.

DELTEX MEDICAL has been selected to provide cardiac output monitoring equipment on NHS Supply Chain under a new framework.

S-equiP is the new name for the fully integrated operating theatre equipment solution from STARKSTROM.

FUJIFILM MEDICAL SYSTEMS UK has been awarded the ‘All Wales PACS Managed Service Solution contract’.

A range of disposable wipes and a spray which inhibits the growth of 99.9% of bacteria for up to four weeks after application are now available. The products have been specially formulated and tested to decrease the spread of nosocomial viruses in the clinical environment.

The new City & Guilds QCF units for the decontamination of reusable medical devices is the most recent work-based learning programme to be launched by EASTWOOD PARK TRAINING.

Octenilin Wound Irrigation Solution and Octenilin Wound Gel are now available on the drug tariff, meaning they can be prescribed and are reimbursable.

Drapes available through NHS Supply Chain, and direct from MEDLINE, are said to offer solutions for all major applications.

The Bristol Royal Hospital for Children has invested in a SONOSITE S-ICU point-of-care ultrasound system for its paediatric nephrology unit. Dr Jan Dudley, consultant in paediatric nephrology, explained:

BRANDON MEDICAL’S fully integrated digital operating theatres have been installed at the Tunbridge Wells Hospital in Kent, England’s first ‘100 per cent single-bed’ acute healthcare facility.

Hospitals in England have seen the annual number of emergency admissions for heart attacks among patients aged 35 to 74 drop by more than a quarter in a decade and the death rate nearly halve.

Nihon Kohden, a Japanese medical electronics company renowned for its innovation, reliability and engineering quality, opened a UK subsidiary, NIHON KOHDEN UK, in 2010, to better serve its UK customers and partners.

INSPIRATION HEALTHCARE offers a range of products and services aimed at improving outcomes and the quality of life for patients. With a product line spanning critical care, the company is able to offer a range of solutions for clinicians and engineers, including air and oxygen blenders, ventilators and ambulatory syringe drivers.