Retrofit Sterility for Refurbished Hitchin Hospital
Extensive refurbishment work addressing two theatre suites at a Hertfordshire hospital have featured the use of the Tretoplast WB system manufactured by Tremco illbruck; specified to ensure continued sterility in this critical environment.
The specialist contract at the Pinehill Hospital, Hitchin, has been carried out by Goss Environmental, a regular installer of Tretoplast WB elastomeric coatings. In addition to the excellent hygiene characteristics of the system, Goss Environmental also advocates the use of Tretoplast WB because the water based formulation enables it to be applied in close confines and adjacent to other occupied areas without disruption or inconvenience. The product is extremely durable, cleanable, anti-microbial and truly elastomeric.
At the Pinehill Hospital, one of a number of private hospitals operated here by Australian based Ramsay Health, a total area of 440 square metres of previously coated areas were over-coated with the Tretoplast WB in the two operating theatres, together with the associated anaesthetic, scrub and general prep rooms.
A spokesperson for Ramsay Health, Estates Manager, Ron Brightwell, states: "We engaged Goss Environmental because of their speciality in medical and clean room coatings. Although there was a different system previously employed in the theatres, Goss recommended the Tretoplast WB. We would always use a water based product and Tretoplast WB is not only washable but it is flexible and resilient.”
Managing Director for the installer, George Goss comments: "We specialise in the supply and application of high performance coating systems, particularly where requirements are exacting and top class execution on site are demanded.
"The company is therefore principally concerned with specialist coating works in clean rooms, operating theatres, research facilities and clean production areas; while we also undertake the repair and fast track maintenance of sterile coatings in these areas, as was the case at Pinehill Hospital.
"We have been using Tretoplast WB for the past 30 years and regard it as one of the very best elastomeric sterile coatings on the market. Other products have become available, but nothing else matches it for performance and durability. Whereas with the solvent based products you had to evacuate staff from working areas, Tretoplast WB causes the minimum of disruption to clients which is important in situations where down-time is costly.”
Tremco illbruck offers full technical support for the specification and application of sterile coatings, ensuring the system’s compatibility with a full selection of background materials and exposure to various environments.
