RECENT PRODUCT NEWS

Slips and trips are said to be the biggest cause of serious injuries to healthcare workers, and every year around 10,000 people suffer a major slip or trip injury while at work.

STARKSTROM has equipped 21 theatres with clinical medical gas pendants, operating theatre lights, surgeons theatre control panels and examination lights at the Peterborough City Hospital, part of the Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which was completed at the end of last year.

ACTIVA HEALTHCARE has recently launched a new active debridement system called Debrisoft.

Included in its infection prevention range HENLEYS MEDICAL SUPPLIES can offer the range of Devon Positioning products which provide a complete offering to help position and protect patients in the operating room.

PARTNERS FOR ENDOSCOPY specialise in solving infection issues in flexible endoscopy.

The new LANCER Vac-a-Scope system gives a quick and easy method of packaging endoscopes ready for safe and aseptic transportation and/or prolonged storage for up to 21 days.

SHERMOND has re-launched its range of examination gloves in new contemporary packaging, designed to make product identification and selection simpler for the end user.

The K2MS Portal 19” Medical Touchscreen PC was developed by K2 Medical Systems to offer an advanced maternity care computing platform to provide patient safety, with an infection control design.

A highlight of the DIVERSEY stand will be new disposable Soft Care Body Wash Gloves which incorporate a blend of surfactants, impregnated into the wipe and formulated to be safe and gentle for the patient and carer during prolonged contact.

There are over 1,500 product lines and 100 ranges of medical furniture and equipment available from BRISTOL MAID.

The ingo-man Wi eco dispenser system, from OPHARDT Hygiene, has been developed to sustainably improve hand hygiene in hospitals. The system works with an integrated counter function for the measurement of hand-hygiene behaviour.

The SHARPSMART reusable sharps safety collection device has been clinically proven to reduce sharps injuries while also reducing the sharps plastic waste and associated CO2 emissions that are generated from the burning of single use plastic sharps bins.

MEDICHEM INTERNATIONAL’s high-level surface disinfectant, Trigene Advance has been added to the purchasing database of the NHS Supply Chain.

The Optitherm thermostatic tap from HORNE includes a variety of features which help to prevent the spread of infection, including facilitating good management of the water system.

Desderman Pure hand hygiene gel, from SCHÜLKE UK is a rapid acting alcohol based hand rub formulated for hand disinfection in 30 seconds.

NANOCLAVE has recently introduced an NHS-ready germicidal light decontamination cabinet designed to effectively decontaminate all noninvasive medical equipment and electronic devices.

ANTIMICROBIAL COPPER is the name that unites a global network of non-profit organisations which disseminate information about, and advising on the use of, antimicrobial copper touch surfaces – door furniture, grab rails, taps and ward equipment – to reduce contamination and the risk of infection in clinical environments.

BIOQUELL’s hydrogen peroxide vapour (HPV) room bio-decontamination technology is said to offer a proven method of reducing HCAI rates in an endemic setting.

ALBERT WAESCHLE will be exhibiting two product ranges at the event.

In 2008 the Department of Health partnered the Design Council to challenge the UK design community to develop innovative products to help control the risk of Healthcare Associated Infections by making the cleaning of hospital furniture quicker, easier and more effective thereby improving the patient-hospital experience.