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Latest stories of success and innovation in the partnership between Vernacare and our customers.
Vernacare win Queens Award for Innovation 2011
Karen and Lesley are congratulated by the Queen at a celebration event for Queen's Award for Enterprise winners
Queen congratulates Vernacare on product innovation
Vernacare's achievement in developing the world's first detergent proof disposable wash bowl was recognised by Her Majesty the Queen during a visit to Buckingham Palace by directors of the infection prevention products manufacturing business. Earlier this year Vernacare was announced as a winner of the prestigious Queen's Award for Enterprise for its innovative wash bowl, and directors were invited to a special winners' ceremony in July, hosted by the Queen.The unique single-use pulp wash bowl was developed with help from NHS clinicians to meet demand from infection prevention nurses who identified that re-using plastic wash bowls without properly cleaning and drying was a significant infection risk. The wash bowl is used by more than a third of NHS Hospitals and hospitals across the globe for hand washing, general surface cleaning, wound care, shaving, continence and patient care.
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Helping trusts make sustainable savings on medical pulp
Vernacare Austerity Partnership
Vernacare has launched an ‘Austerity Partnership’ with NHS Trusts to enable hospitals to make sustainable cost savings on medical pulp without compromising on exceptional quality standards or patient care. In conjunction with NHS Supply Chain, Vernacare is helping hospitals to lock in guaranteed long term savings, while giving them an opportunity to buy sustainable British products to support the national economy and British jobs.
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Reducing costs of cleaning and disinfecting wipes
Vernacare goes green to reduce costs
Vernacare has reduced the cost of its Tuffie range of cleaning and disinfecting wipes by up to 30%, through introducing new ‘greener’ flexible packaging. Both Tuffie Detergent and Tuffie 5 wipes are now available in flexible space-saving canisters made from flexible material that is 70% lighter than traditional tubs. Soft refill packs and new wall-mounted dispensers have also been developed. “By using significantly less packaging we reduce both manufacturing and transport costs, meaning we can pass that financial saving on to customers”, said Chris Socratous, Vernacare Product Manager. “Customers also consume less packaging and can fold the cartons flat to reduce the cost and environmental impact of waste management.”
Read more...Tuffie 5 Tackles Superbug
Tuffie 5 wipes tackle NDM-1 superbug
Tuffie 5 wipes tackle NDM-1 superbug
Vernacare's all-in-one Tuffie 5 cleaning and disinfecting wipe has been scientifically proven to eradicate the new antibiotic-resistant enzyme NDM-1 (New Delhi metallo-lactamase-1) Independent laboratory tests have certified the wipe highly effective against NDM-1 to EN1276 standard, eradicating 99.999% of bacteria within 1 minute. "The wipe's proven ability to work so quickly and effectively in destroying NDM-1 is an important breakthrough in infection prevention." said Chris Socratous, Product Manager for Vernacare.
Read more...Vernatray wins top award for patient safety
Association for Perioperative Practice (AfPP) 2010 award for Best Innovation in Patient Safety.
Vernatray wins top award for patient safety
Vernacare’s new Vernatray - a single-use anaesthetic medication safety tray - has won the Association for Perioperative Practice (AfPP) 2010 award for Best Innovation in Patient Safety. The award celebrates a product innovation that contributes significantly to perioperative practitioners delivering safer patient care. The Vernatray was developed by medical products manufacturer Vernacare (www.vernacare.co.uk) in partnership with NHS Innovations South West and front-line theatre practitioners to provide safer care in the hospital environment – particularly for anaesthetists and perioperative care practitioners.
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Achieves first class fix
Vernacare Technical Services achieves first class fix
The Vernacare Technical Services specialist macerator team is achieving an impressive 97% first-time- fix on breakdown call-outs – ensuring that downtime on busy wards is minimised. The national engineering team is dedicated to commissioning, servicing and maintaining all brands of macerators, including its own market leading systems, manufactured in the UK by Vernacare for almost 50 years. “In the service industry an 85% first-time-fix rate would be judged as excellent, so we are delighted with our performance, which has been above 95% for the past six months,” said Michael Whitehead, National Service Manager for Vernacare Technical Services.
Read more...Vernacare Partners NHS Supply Chain
Offering Additional Value
Vernacare partners with NHS Supply Chain
Vernacare’s Senset Skin Cleansing Foam has been awarded sole supplier status by NHS Supply Chain for a third year running, and is now available at an additional saving of up to 6% from 1st December 2010. Senset is clinically proven to help maintain the integrity of healthy skin, eliminating the need to rub a patient’s skin and therefore helping to prevent subsequent skin breakdown. Due to its high levels of emollients and moisturisers, the cleansing foam gently loosens and lifts soiling, making cleaning easier and more comfortable for the patient.
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Delivering Hygiene Message
Healthcare heroes deliver hygiene message
Twelve 'healthcare heroes' who won Vernacare's comic book caption competition have received framed copies of their winning creations. The winners entered the competition at the comic book themed Vernacare City stand at the recent Infection Prevention Society 2010 Conference. All visitors to the stand were invited to share their top tips on hospital hygiene in comic style, with hundreds joining in the light-hearted challenge.
Read more...Vernacare in Innovation
The Vernacare Team
Vernacare Wins National Innovation Award
Bolton-based Vernacare has won a major healthcare industry award for its pioneering work in bringing valuable new infection prevention products to market. The company, which has been innovating in Bolton since the early 1960s, started out using waste paper from the Bolton News to develop single-use pulp products that would save nurses time. This 'Vernacare System' of human waste management in healthcare is now a best practice method that is helping to prevent infection and boost environmental and cost performance at hospitals worldwide.
Read more...The New Vernatray
Replace plastic and stainless steel trays
Vernacare Launches New Vernatray
A new single-use anaesthetic medication safety tray - designed by theatre staff for theatre staff to reduce the risk of operating theatre error - will be officially launched at AfPP. The Vernatray, pioneered by medical products manufacturer Vernacare, has individual channels to ensure the correct alignment of syringes and has a separate storage area for ampoules and sharps.
Read more...Professional health check for macerators
£300k Investment - Mobile Communications System
Professional health check for macerators
Give your macerator a long and healthy life with a professional ‘check up’. That’s the message from Vernacare Technical Services, which has launched two new expert care packages. The UK business has a national engineering team specialising in servicing and maintenance of all brands and models of macerator. They work in partnership with estates engineers to ensure that machines operate efficiently at all times.
Read more...Designing Out Infection
Christine Jeffrey & Karen Roberts
Health Board collaborates to design out infection
The Betsi Cadwalider University Health Board, Glan Clwyd site (formerly North Wales Central NHS Trust) is working towards designing out infection as part of its proactive approach to tackling clostridium difficile (C. diff) and other pathogens across its acute and community hospitals.
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Best Value on Infection Prevention
Vernacare partners NHS Supply chain
Vernacare is working together with NHS Supply Chain to offer Trusts best value on its infection prevention products. Vernacare’s Senset Skin Cleansing Foam has been awarded sole supplier status by NHS Supply Chain and is available at a saving of up to 11.2% from 1 December 2008.
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Green Means Clean at Broomfield
Green Means Clean at Broomfield
David Nicholson, chief executive of the NHS, learned more about the innovative Green Ribbon hospital cleanliness project during a recent visit to Broomfield Hospital, Chelmsford Patients have visible reassurance that their bed area has been thoroughly cleaned and disinfected because a green ribbon around the bed proves that rigorous hygiene procedures have been followed.
Read more...Mid Essex Hospital
Gwyneth Wilson, Director of Nursing & Sister Jennifer Bryant
Why green means clean at Mid Essex
A ‘green ribbon’ symbolises how serious Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust is about infection prevention. Between the discharge of one patient and the admission of another, nursing staff thoroughly clean the bed space, including the furniture, and make up the bed. When this has been done, they place a ‘green ribbon’, or tape across the turned down top sheet on the bed – sealing it and then adding their signature and date of the clean. This procedure is also followed each time a commode is cleaned.
Read more...Committed to Tuffie 5
Healthcare Assistant Gaynor Gordon
Carmarthenshire works to wipe out infection
The Carmarthenshire division of Hywel Dda NHS Trust is targeting infection prevention with hard hitting measures, including introducing the new Tuffie 5 wipe that eradicates the major five major groups of pathogens such as clostridium difficile (C.diff), MRSA and E. Coli. The powerful new Tuffie 5 wipe from infection control products manufacturer Vernacare was trialled on a medical ward at West Wales General Hospital, in Carmarthen.
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Darent Valley - Committed to Tuffie 5
Darent Valley Hospital gets ‘Tuffie’ on infection
Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust has introduced the new Tuffie 5 wipe across the entire Darent Valley Hospital site. Rod Rothwell, Senior Charge Nurse Infection, Prevention and Control at Darent Valley Hospital said “After reviewing the data from a previous trial at another NHS Trust, we were encouraged and impressed by the performance of the new wipe. It has shown to be effective against the five major groups of pathogens, including spores such as C.diff which conventional alcohol based wipes cannot eradicate.
Read more...Deal fatal blow to C. diff
Louise Johnson, Infection Prevention & Control Nurse at Blackpool Victoria Hospital cleans a patient's bedside locker with Tuffie 5
Five in one wipe helps Blackpool deal fatal blow to C. diff
A new ‘five in one’ wipe that eradicates the five major groups of pathogens, including C. diff, MRSA, E.coli and Swine Flu, is helping Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust to succeed in its fight against infection. The Trust has introduced many hard-hitting measures to enable staff to achieve the required significant reductions in levels of C.diff, and the adoption of Vernacare’s new Tuffie 5 wipe across the Trust’s five sites is an important part of the initiatives.
Read more...Vernacare Appoints UK Manufacturing Team
March 2010 Prototype Evaluations following win in Design Bugs Out competition
Production begins on radical new Vernacare porter’s chair
UK medical products manufacturer Vernacare has appointed a UK manufacturing team to produce its pioneering new hygienic porter’s chair that was created as part of the Design Bugs Out Challenge. Full prototypes of the next generation chair will be ready for detailed evaluation by hospitals this March, with a view to launching the product in May 2010.
Read more...Green Hygienic Alternative
Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust Partners with Vernacare
Royal Devon and Exeter partners with Vernacare
The Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust has replaced plastic bedpans at its Wonford Hospital with a green and hygienic alternative that saves staff time. The Trust has replaced its traditional bedpans and bedpan washers with the Vernacare infection prevention system of biodegradable pulp products and maceration in which the pulp is broken down into minute, biodegradable fragments which then wash down the drain with the waste water.
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Certified effective against the H1N1 (swine flu)
Be prepared! Vernacare offers free samples of ‘wonder wipe’
As the healthcare sector prepares for a Swine Flu pandemic, Infection prevention products company Vernacare is offering free samples of its Tuffie 5 cleaning and disinfecting wipe, which is scientifically proven to eradicate the Swine Flu virus, as well as Norovirus, C. Diff and MRSA.
Read more...Vernacare Reinforces Infection Prevention
NHS Scotland will supply the new Tuffie 5 wipe, which is scientifically proven to eradicate Swine Flu
Vernacare continues to reinforce infection prevention in Scotland
Vernacare's Tuffie cleaning and disinfecting wipes will continue to reinforce infection prevention in Scottish hospitals following a new framework agreement with NHS Scotland to supply the complete Tuffie range.
Read more...Effective against the H1N1
Scientifically proven to eradicate the Swine Flu virus
Tuffie 5 wipe passes scientific tests to destroy swine flu
Vernacare’s universal Tuffie 5 cleaning and disinfecting wipe is now scientifically proven to eradicate the Swine Flu virus. Independent laboratory tests have certified the new generation wipe effective against the H1N1 (swine flu) virus to EN14476 standard.
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