Listening to customers’ requirements is an important part of product development and HAIGH ENGINEERING, with the Sluicemaster pulp product bedpan disposer, has consistently worked with hospitals to produce a bedpan disposer that meets current needs.
A good environmental start is that the Panaway uses only cold water, so no expensive heating is required. During the disposal cycle where up to four pulp product bedpans are broken up and disposed of, only 16 litres of cold water are used against the industry average of 25-30 litres. Electrical rating is again low with only 590 watts against the average of around 1100 watts.
An entire year’s worth of bedpans from the average 30 bed ward can be disposed of with savings of around 280 kw of electricity and 80,000 litres of water when compared with alternative macerators.
This multiplied up across an entire hospital with many wards adds up to a substantial benefit, helping to meet local authority energy saving targets and the NHS Directive on mandatory energy/carbon efficiency targets.
