RECENT PRODUCT NEWS

Two new paediatric operating theatres at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital feature the latest integrated theatre system from KARL STORZ ENDOSCOPY, the OR1 NEO.

According to experts 80% of infectious diseases are transferred by touch, and the most frequently touched surfaces can be contaminated with several hundred to over ten thousand infectious bacteria.

SMITH & NEPHEW’s UK subsidiary has acquired the Aderma range of dermal pads from Focus Product Development. “Pressure ulcer prevention is one of the focus areas for the NHS to increase care and reduce costs,” commented Simon Beard, UK & Ireland general manager.

Microtek microscope drapes from ECOLAB have lens housings specially designed for Zeiss and Leica operating microscopes. These microscope drapes, with angled rotational lenses, allow operative teams to get the most out of their objective lens without having to break the sterile barrier.

DRÄGER has expanded its range of LED lights with Polaris 100 and 200 which offer high quality surgical light for those with a small budget.

SIMBIONIX USA CORPORATION, a provider of medical education and simulation training, has announced the purchase of the Arthro VR, a virtual reality arthroscopic training simulator line from GMV.

DIVERSIONARY THERAPY TECHNOLOGIES’ Ditto device is being used for paediatric patients at the burns unit at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in London.

Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital has taken delivery of a Discovery MR750w 3.0T scanner, from GE HEALTHCARE. The new MRI system offers a range of advanced clinical functionality and has been designed for patient comfort.

LAERDAL MEDICAL, a pioneer in simulation education, has launched the SimPad – featuring an intuitive, interactive handheld touchscreen, enabling simulations to be run easily and effectively.

INTERSURGICAL has responded to the requirements of ‘ISO standard 80601-2-13 anaesthetic workstation’, and has launched two anaesthetic gas scavenging system (AGSS) single use safety valves, one for use with 30 mm scavenging tube and the other for use with 22 mm scavenging tube.

Two new paediatric operating theatres at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital feature the latest integrated theatre system from KARL STORZ ENDOSCOPY, the OR1 NEO.

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.

HCA’s Portland and London Bridge Hospitals have equipped their brand new PICU and ICU with BRANDON MEDICAL’s next generation Atlas Medical Pendants. A total of 17 pendants were installed at the head of each bed to maximise the number of patient services immediately accessible around the patient.

HOWORTH AIR TECHNOLOGY has announced the formation of a new division – HOWORTH BIO TECHNOLOGY. The new division is headed up by product and business manager, Mike Aitchison, and has been established to service Howorth’s increasing market demands for effective, safe, state-of-the-art vapour phase fumigation systems, to control healthcareassociated infections.

Medical engineering specialist, STARKSTROM, has been supporting the UK export market by winning substantial orders on hospital operating theatre projects throughout Europe and in Bahrain, Jordan, Oman, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and India, and across the whole of the African continent.

Patients who require a blood transfusion in smaller hospitals often do not have the same choices as those in larger hospitals. Most orthopaedic, vascular and spinal surgeons, when working within the NHS, routinely give patients their own blood back intra-operatively, in order to avoid a donor transfusion. The demand for this technology is usually low in smaller NHS hospitals and the private sector and it is not cost and resource-effective to safely deliver an in-house cell saver service.

PENTAX LIFE CARE, an expert in high definition endoscopy, has introduced an HD (high definition) video bronchoscope. The newest addition to the company’s established range of high definition HD+ endoscopes, the EB-1990i HD+ Bronchoscope offers a megapixel CCD that presents clear high resolution images with highly accurate, natural colour reproduction.

Since its launch, the SolidSafe System from ECOLAB has been attracting a great deal of attention in Sterile Services across the UK, Ireland and Europe. SolidSafe is a patented technology of highly concentrated solid chemistry which enables one 4 kg capsule of MetalClean solid detergent to provide as much cleaning power as approximately 80 L of conventional liquid detergent.

INTERSURGICAL has introduced a new product to its existing range of oral care products, to target the fight against Ventilator Associated Pneumonia (VAP).

DR WEIGERT UK LTD has recently been highlighting the cost implications, as well as health and safety implications, arising from unresolved material changes which can occur during an instrument decontamination cycle.