RECENT PRODUCT NEWS

PURICORE ENDOSCOPY, the endoscope decontamination arm of PuriCore International, has announced the introduction of a comprehensive range of endoscope and surgical consumables to its extensive portfolio of endoscope washers, storage cabinets and after sales services.

BEDFONT SCIENTIFIC manufactures and supplies the Gastro+ hydrogen breath monitor (HBT) – a non-invasive, sensitive and specific means of detecting gastrointestinal problems.

Calprotectin is a proven biomarker of organic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Typically, inflammatory bowel conditions require further investigation by colonoscopy.

IMOTECH MEDICAL has been providing endoscopy equipment and services to the NHS since 1997 – offering friendly, efficient and flexible support for customers of high definition Fujifilm products.

At DDF 2012, ERBE will be showcasing the VIO GI workstation – a complete system.

The new £172 million Ysbyty Ystrad Fawr – the biggest single NHS project in Gwent in 40 years – is part of the Aneurin Bevan Health Board which serves an estimated population of over 639,000, approximately 21% of the total Welsh population.

The CISA Endoscope Reprocessing System (ERS), from BES DECON, utilises a cassette based system. Endoscopes undergo their usual prewash treatment, as with any other system, and are then placed into the cassette where they will remain for washing, decontamination, drying, and transportation.

SYNERGY HEALTH has announced the launch of the new economy and eco-friendly Synergy Health Essentials Washcloth. The maceratable, single-use, dry cleansing wipe is part of the company’s new value range of patient hygiene products, aimed at saving both money and the environment.

SCHÜLKE has introduced Gigazyme first – a single-use endoscopy bedside cleaning kit, for the stage one cleaning of endoscopes. The kit includes a 500 mL tub of Gigazyme first, which is an enzyme based pre-diluted medical grade detergent, and comes complete with a handy contoured sponge.

Delays and cancellations of theatre slots are about to be drastically reduced due to a newly designed bracelet from BRENMOOR.

KARL STORZ ENDOSCOPY UK has recently finished work on an exciting project at Nuffield Health Plymouth Hospital. The project saw the group’s first ever installation of a high-definition digital theatre, Karl Storz’s OR1 NEO.

A new series of surgical procedure packs have been launched to support a range of specialties – from orthopaedics and vascular, to urology and gynaecology, and many more.

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.

STRYKER has announced the launch of Prime X, its next-generation transport and x-ray stretcher, which combines a safe and comfortable surface for examination and treatment with a high quality, integrated x-ray cassette platform.

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) is to develop Medical Technological Guidance for the AMBU aScope intubating scope.

Hospital steam steriliser loads often consist of complicated instruments and the real challenge for sterilisers today is to sterilise inside narrow lumens. The BD Helix Test (BDHT), introduced by ATI ATLAS, is said to offer several advantages over the standard Bowie Dick Test Pack.

DELTEX MEDICAL has been selected to provide cardiac output monitoring equipment on NHS Supply Chain under a new framework.

S-equiP is the new name for the fully integrated operating theatre equipment solution from STARKSTROM.

FUJIFILM MEDICAL SYSTEMS UK has been awarded the ‘All Wales PACS Managed Service Solution contract’.

A range of disposable wipes and a spray which inhibits the growth of 99.9% of bacteria for up to four weeks after application are now available. The products have been specially formulated and tested to decrease the spread of nosocomial viruses in the clinical environment.