Critical Power Solutions for medical refrigerators
The UK Government has set a target to give the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine to 15 million people in four key groups by mid-February. The success of this huge immunisation...
Kohler at the heart of Nottingham University Hospital Cardiac Centre
Nottingham University Hospital NHS Trust is home to a two-floor cardiac centre providing planned and emergency care including operating theatres and dedicated intensive care units. The NHS Trust has been...
Why UPS power protection is essential for medical imaging applications
While medical imaging equipment may not be such an obvious candidate for UPS power protection as, say, an operating theatre, it does, in fact, have a critical need for protection...
Now more than ever: Addressing the NHS’s critical need for protected power
One topic of universal concern created by the Covid-19 crisis is the pressure being felt by NHS staff of all disciplines. While risking their own safety and working in demanding...
Cutting UPS carbon emissions in the healthcare sector
Maximising UPS efficiency can contribute significantly to this drive, as healthcare facilities typically have large populations of UPS power supplies of varying sizes distributed throughout their sites. In this article,...
Assessing the clinical and business risks of healthcare environment power loss – and mitigating them with UPS systems
Power problems can occur anywhere, anytime, in any electrical system, regardless of the design standards employed. Accordingly, it may be tempting to build in the highest possible resilience across an…
Providing the right UPS environment within a healthcare estate
Healthcare estate managers seeking advice on how to integrate their UPSs into their facility’s environment can find help within The Department of Health’s ‘Health Technical Memorandum 06-01’ (HTM 06-01). This...
Choosing a UPS that meets your true business resiliency needs
Data centre operators naturally want the highest possible availability for their facility. However, achieving the best that’s technically possible will be beyond most organisations’ budgets – and in any case,...
Matching your power protection components to your healthcare system requirements
Designing power protection components – UPSs, emergency lighting inverters, generators and IPSs – into a healthcare electrical distribution system can be challenging. The evolving risk and resilience needs of each...
The PowerWAVE EL Range of Emergency Lighting Static Inverters
The PowerWAVE EL series is designed to deliver complete emergency lighting protection for a range of applications, according to European BS EN50171 specification. These static inverter emergency lighting systems address...
Ensuring a safe and stable environment: Backup power supply for hospital applications
In March 2015, Arrowe Park Hospital in Wirral suffered a massive power outage. These power problems caused operations to be cancelled and ambulances to be diverted. Although all wards and clinical...
Dedicated. Reliable. Essential: Choosing the right UPS supplier for the healthcare industry
There are few markets where the role of UPS systems is more critical than within medical and healthcare related applications. Uninterruptible power supplies operating in this arena are called upon...