RECENT PRODUCT NEWS

HYGIENA INTERNATIONAL manufactures and supplies rapid hygiene monitoring tests. ATP hygiene monitoring is a well established, proven technology that has been awarded category 1 status by the Rapid Review Panel.

This year, BARD will exhibit its new Comprehensive Care Foley Tray – an “all in one” kit containing everything required for safe aseptic catheterisation or recatheterisation procedures. From September 2009, the Tray will be available with the Bardex I.C anti-infective Foley catheter with Bacti-Guard silver alloy coating and Bard hydrogel.

HAIGH’s latest bedpan macerator technology, Solo, is a new disposer which is claimed to be smaller than other machines on the market – allowing for use in small wards, en suite rooms and other low usage areas such as clinics, nursing and care homes and particularly where infection control is paramount.

It has long been suspected that a major cause of the spread of infection between patients is the use of reusable blood pressure cuffs.

GREEN VALET Infection Control PPE packs offer faster response times during infection emergencies by widening availability of infection control PPE. For staff required to work in close proximity to infections, for example during the recent Swine Flu outbreak, it is top priority to have access to high quality PPE.

To combat biological hazards, LANCER Biocleanse is the ideal product for medical and healthcare environments including hospital wards, SSDs, theatres and clinics – where it is used as a disinfectant, deodorising cleaner, degreaser and fungicide.

Improving patients’ experiences and delivering “patient-centred” care is central to Lord Darzi’s vision for the NHS. But what exactly does it feel like to be on the receiving end of care in the UK?

HORIBA MEDICAL has launched Pentra SAfe to provide secure and remote access to its bench top haematology analyser, the ABX Pentra 60 C+.

MASIMO, the inventor of Pulse CO-Oximetry and Measure-Through Motion and Low-Perfusion pulse oximetry, has released non-invasive and continuous haemoglobin (SpHb) monitoring technology.

WELCH ALLYN has announced its status as an EMIS accredited partner, furthering its commitment to interoperability and shared standards.

OXOID’s Brilliance MRSA Agar is an ideal solution to the problem of MRSA screening.

Over 150 MIELE machines have been specified to thermally disinfect theatre staff shoes in hospitals across the UK.

The U GROUP units fully conform to the NHS Technical Memorandum No 83 for Fire Safety.

Featuring clear sides for full visibility of the infant, the new INDITHERM CosyCrib is a versatile and ergonomic system for use in neonatal units, delivery suites, SCBU, transitional care and post-natal areas.

TIMESTRIP is targeting healthcare providers with time and temperature based solutions to problems in the healthcare environment with a new product range – Timestrip Medical.

BARD has launched the Comprehensive Care Foley Tray which provides all the essential items required for a catheterisation or recatheterisation procedure.

SIDHIL has launched the new Independence Innov8 range, developed to meet the requirements of patients and hospital teams.

KIMBERLY-CLARK HEALTH CARE has launched its expanded surgical products range. The new range of surgical gowns, drapes and packs will provide the operating room (OR) team with a wider choice to select the appropriate level of protection to meet the demands of the specific surgical procedures as well as the flexibility to meet their financial requirements.

Patient-warming blankets are being offered free-of-charge to 50 hospitals in East Anglia by the high-tech warming company HOT DOG INTERNATIONAL.

BAXTER HEALTHCARE has announced the approval of Artiss, a slow-setting fibrin sealant indicated as a tissue glue to seal subcutaneous tissue in plastic, reconstructive, and burn surgery, as a replacement or an adjunct to sutures or staples.