Keywords: Construction

01/17/3012

Lights, music, action…

The patient is soothed and ready for proton therapy …

04/26/2013

Multi-dimensional planning is the future

Hospital refurbishment or new buildings can quickly run into several million euros. …

03/20/2013

Ambulatory surgery

Massive and increasing cost pressure urges many hospitals to look for alternatives to expensive in-patient surgery. …

02/20/2013

More sleep can reduce delirium in intensive care patients

A hospital is not the best place to get a good night’s sleep, especially in a noisy intensive care unit. …

11/14/2012

The new Starled 3 Evo Plus

In a further evolution, Italy’s ACEM S.p.A. has improved the technology, design and performance and lowered electrical consumption in the new Starled 3 Evo Plus. …

11/12/2012

ACEM’s LED lighting range

ACEM Medical Company, specialising in the manufacture of medical equipment, scialytic and surgical lamps, is demonstrating the following products at Medica 2012: …

11/12/2012

The needs of European hospitals are similar

Procedures, financing and cultural philosophies can shape the difference, Michael Reiter, Mark Nicholls, Eduardo de la Sota, Jane MacDougall report …

09/03/2012

Light that throws no shadows

Designed for diagnostics, minor surgery and universal applications, the Soled LED examination light is a helpful tool for use in intensive care units, the recovery room, for first …

07/16/2012

The new Alder Hey Children’s Hospital

Britain’s many new hospitals are more than brave architectural statements – they consistently win awards, inspire others and, above all, improve life for all who use them. Now …

07/10/2012

Centre Hospitalier de Rambouillet

Copper and its alloys reduce the rate of nosocomial infections in hospitals by 40%, according to an American study led by Michael Schmidt (University of South Carolina). For the …

07/10/2012

Electrical sensors detect MRSA

Scientists in Scotland have developed a new test using a strip with electrical sensors that can show whether wounds or lesions have been infected with bacteria, including MRSA, …

06/29/2012

The Queen opens new Northern Ireland hospital

Her Majesty the Queen officially opened the new state-of-the-art South West Acute Hospital, in the Northern Ireland town of Enniskillen on June 26th. The £276 million hospital is …

05/17/2012

Energy contracting for a greener hospital

Modernisation and a financing model facilitate savings of up to 50% in primary energy consumption. Every year, European hospitals face energy costs in the €billions. In Germany, …

02/22/2012

MedAustron is becoming a reality in Wiener Neustadt

Currently there is a truly enormous hole in the ground in the city of Wiener Neustadt, Austria, but by summer 2012 MedAustron, one of the most modern centres for ion therapy and …

02/15/2012

Hospital Build Europe

In Berlin, from 24-26 April visitors to this international congress and trade fair will hear of medical imaging, process optimisation and facility management, and the latest …

12/20/2011

Surgical lighting

Berchtold has been among the world’s leading manufacturers of quality surgical equipment for almost 90 years, today offering operating theatre lights, tables, ceiling supply …

12/19/2011

Building quality

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11/18/2011

Connecting patients to care with bigger bandwidth

Swiss-based Total Walther introduces intelligent communication system with advanced functions for both the out-patient and inpatient settings. …

10/27/2011

USA: The new Ann & Robert H Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago

In 2012, Chicago’s Children’s Memorial Hospital will be in transition, with a change of name as well as location, when its top class technology, physicians, scientists, staff …

09/02/2011

The flying magnet

When Professor PD Dr Dr Marcos Tatagiba operates the recently installed five ton, ceiling mounted MRI scanner in the operating theatre at the Neurosurgery Clinic in University …