RECENT PRODUCT NEWS

AUDERE MEDICAL SERVICES provides a range of specialist services for multimanufacturer decontamination equipment for all major UK, European and US brands.

MAILBOX: STAMFORD PRODUCTS is a reliable partner for the storage and transport of instruments and medical materials for central sterilisation, surgery and pharmacy departments.

In the last 12 months GOLDSWORTH MEDICAL has developed a range of height adjustable endoscopy sink units, designed and manufactured to individually suit all sites, with chemical storage and chemical distribution as required.

SCHULKE has been involved in the area of infection control for over 118 years, and its company philosophy is centred around the concept of hygiene.

P3 MEDICAL is a UK manufacturer of medical devices for use in the operating theatre, anaesthesia/airway management and central sterile service departments (CSSDs).

BOLTON SURGICAL understands how important it is to replace the most commonly used instruments as quickly as possible.

3M is committed to offering the healthcare community a variety of innovative solutions, based on its diversified technologies.

GETINGE is a leading provider of solutions for effective cleaning, disinfection and sterilisation in infection control. It is dedicated to helping its customers achieve maximum productivity in the most cost-efficient way.

Operating from a purpose built manufacturing and distribution facility, incorporating a state-of-the-art cleanroom and a recently added ETO sterilisation chamber, UNISURGE INTERNATIONAL believes itself to be the fastest growing procedure pack provider in the UK.

Analysis from a busy endoscope decontamination department has revealed an average of 98.67% operational ‘uptime’ for its five WASSENBURG WD440PT washerdisinfectors.

CRAVEN & CO is a UK-based manufacturer with over 60 years experience in providing storage and handling solutions to the medical equipment industry.

MEDICAL INNOVATIONS GROUP presented the new SureStore® endoscope conditioning, storage and transportation system which offers cutting edge long-term active aseptic storage and transportation of endoscopes for up to 35 days, directly from the endoscope washer disinfector, negating the need for air drying of the scope prior to storage.

BES DECON will be showcasing a cassette-based solution that caters for all endoscope decontamination challenges.

With the launch of its new MetalClean solid cleaner with prion inactivation, ECOLAB’s SolidSafe system now offers an additional level of safety for both patients and users.

The Scope-Store cabinet, from LTE SCIENTIFIC, dries and stores reprocessed endoscopes for up to 14 days.

While most instrument cables have a life of between 40 and 50 autoclavings, the Bowa range of bipolar and monopolar cables, available in the UK from CATERHAM SURGICAL, are said to offer a life of around 300 autoclavings.

SURGICAL HOLDINGS has been manufacturing and repairing surgical instruments for over 24 years in the UK.

The ProReveal Fluorescence Protein Detection Test has been developed in response to the need to find a more sensitive and accurate method of checking for residual proteins that can sometimes remain on surgical instruments after the washer disinfection process.

WARDRAY PREMISE has launched the new PureSound II MRI Audio System (MR200), which replaces its original PureSound I.

PROACT MEDICAL has reduced the price of its new Accu-Pro reposable pressure infusion bag (PIB). Available in 3 L, 1 L and 0.5 L sizes, the PIB’s are only suitable for use as a disposable product and/or as a reposable product, which can offer maximum savings via multi-patient use (up to 20 uses) when cleaned according to instructions.