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TOTAL TURNKEY SOLUTIONS

Short movie showing an ultraclean total turnkey operating theatre installation, recently completed by MAT. Our total turnkey packages, designed to suit each hospital's specific needs, include elements such as our ECO-flow™ UCV canopy, air handling units and alarms, steelwork, ductwork, insulation, electrics, general lights, theatre lights, surgeon’s panels, PACS unit, date points, medical gas pendants, IPS/UPS circuits, ceilings and decoration...everything needed to achieve a world class operating theatre, equipped and ready for orthopaedic surgery of the highest standard.

MAT FM

NEW UK SERVICE CONTRACTS

MAT FM works with the NHS, private healthcare providers and facilities management companies to deliver service, validation, verification and support for all critical air systems supplied by MAT and other manufacturers.

HARROGATE DISTRICT HOSPITAL

FOUR WEEK PROGRAMME

When Harrogate District Hospital, managed by Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust, wanted to completely refurbish and upgrade another of its operating theatres to make it suitable for orthopaedic surgery, Medical Air Technology (MAT) presented a total turnkey solution that combined competitive pricing with a world-class ultraclean ventilation (UCV) system and accompanying equipment package, ensuring patients and staff would benefit from the very best surgical facilities and supporting the hospital’s vision of providing “excellence every time”.

FAIRFIELD GENERAL HOSPITAL

PREPARING FOR AN INCREASE IN PATIENT NUMBERS

MAT recently completed work at Fairfield General Hospital, Bury. The hospital is managed by the Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust and is one of the main sites for elective surgery in the North Manchester area. The project has doubled the number of ultraclean theatres in the seven-theatre suite from two to four and increased the hospital’s orthopaedic capacity.

TRANSFORM THE DELIVERY OF PATIENT CARE

MEDICAL AIR TECHNOLOGY

Medical Air Technology (MAT) has recently completed its work at the new and hugely ambitious £335m Royal Liverpool University Hospital, set to change the way healthcare is delivered in Liverpool. When opened, the new hospital will be the largest medical facility in the UK and will be equipped with the latest technologies throughout, whether for sharing visitor information, entertaining and informing patients, or providing clinicians with the best environment from which to deliver world-leading treatment and patient care.

CONTAINMENT LEVEL 3 (CL3)

CRITICAL VENTILATION SYSTEMS

As an expert in the provision of critical ventilation systems for healthcare and life sciences facilities, Medical Air Technology (MAT) supports research into hazardous pathogens by providing CL3 laboratories (also known as Category 3 or Cat 3 laboratories) for some of the UK’s leading research facilities,

RAMSAY HEALTH CARE UK

PLANNING AHEAD FOR 2018

Medical Air Technology (MAT) has worked with leading private healthcare provider Ramsay Health Care UK for many years, installing operating theatre equipment packages across its hospitals. MAT FM also holds the service contract for all the hospitals in the group. This year gets off to a flying start with completion of a major refurbishment turnkey project at Ramsay’s Rivers Hospital,

UCV CANOPIES

ENGINEERED FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY

ECO-flow™ range of ultraclean ventilation (UCV) canopies was engineered to help hospitals contribute even more to the UK's ambitious energy efficiency plans, and is an innovative and effective response to evolving expectations.

WELCOMING WILL EVANS

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER

Medical Air Technology (MAT) continues to grow, welcoming Will Evans to the team as Business Development Manager. Will’s role will include working with the sales team to develop new initiatives and protocols to further advance the business. Will’s wide experience in the industry makes him the ideal person to take up this position, as he brings a breadth of knowledge that gives him a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of both the challenges and opportunities available.

MAT FM – WORKING WITH HOSPITALS

Media Release

MAT FM continues to go from strength to strength. Just halfway through the year, the company has won five new major clients and renewed many existing service and validation contracts, counting Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King’s Lynn and the Royal Lancaster Infirmary amongst its many customers. MAT FM has a dedicated team of specialist technicians located throughout Britain, so is ideally placed to respond to service calls as quickly and efficiently as possible, visiting clients wherever they are located.

QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL

COMMITMENT AND FLEXIBILITY

Medical Air Technology (MAT) has completed work on a major seven-theatre upgrade project at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham. the largest single site hospital in the country and one of the highest performing NHS organisations. Operated by University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust. patient numbers have increased considerably since the popular hospital opened in 2010. necessitating theatre upgrades to increase surgical capacity.

MAINTAINING CLEAN AIR

DEFENCE AGAINST INFECTION

We breathe dirty air in - and out - all the time. Pollution and contamination can come from a variety of sources, including ourselves: the outer layer of human skin can host up to 1 million microorganisms per square cm and human saliva up to 1 billion per ml. Bacteria is usually the primary concern, but foreign organic matter, viruses. fungi. algae are included in the pollutants around us all the time in normal everyday life.

SPIRE MURRAYFIELD

ADVANCED ULTRACLEAN SURGERY

As part of an ongoing relationship with Spire Healthcare, Medical Air Technology (MAT) has recently completed work at Spire Murrayfield Hospital in Edinburgh, refurbishing and upgrading an existing operating theatre. The theatre now has an ECO-flow Ultraclean Ventilation (UCV) Canopy. bringing the hospital's total number of ultraclean theatres to three, ensuring it can offer even more patients the safest environment for orthopaedic surgery. While the theatre was being upgraded, the ventilation plant was also being replaced to full HTM 03-01 standards.

BARNET HOSPITAL

ENHANCING & UPGRADING

Medical Air Technology (MAT) has come to the end of a major project at Barnet Hospital, which has seen the complete refurbishment of its five main operating theatres, and the refurbishment and remodelling of a day surgery unit. MAT was brought into the project by Bouygues Energies and Services (BYES), the service provider responsible for the hospital's facilities maintenance and Lifecycle replacement works and part of Bouygues Construction. who built the hospital in 2003 under the government's Private Finance Initiative (PFI).

SOUTH WEST ACUTE HOSPITAL

ENNISKILLEN, NORTHERN IRELAND

Medical Air Technology (MAT) has always prided itself on leading the market in the design, development and delivery of new and innovative operating theatre solutions. As technology advances, and the possibilities of what can be achieved within the sterile environment expand, new designs are needed to accommodate new expectations. The sleek, streamlined operating theatres hospitals are demanding must not only be aesthetically pleasing, but more versatile, more energy efficient, and allow for improved infection control.

BARRINGTONS HOSPITAL

THE ULTRA QUIET AND ULTRACLEAN FREEFLOW™

MAT recently shipped one of its unique Freeflow™ ultraclean ventilation (UCV) canopies to Barringtons Hospital in Ireland. Housed in a beautiful historical building, Barringtons is one of the Mid West’s leading private hospitals, and has a rich 200-year history, having been established in 1829 by the Barrington family as a charitable institution for the relief of the poor of their native city.

BURNLEY GENERAL HOSPITAL

UPGRADE OF VENTILATION SYSTEM

MAT has completed the upgrade of a ventilation system in the HSDU IAP room at Burnley General Hospital, Lancashire. The work called for the upgrading of all the necessary components of the ventilation system to provide the correct air change rate and level of filtration within the IAP room. This included replacing the two existing AHUs, ductwork system and components. The IAP room was fitted with new supply air diffusers and pressure stabilisers.

GEORGE ELIOT HOSPITAL

TAKING TO THE SKIES

“The refurbishment of the two theatres has improved flexibility due to 4 out of 5 theatres here at GEH now providing ultra clean ventilation, which in turn has increased patient flow rates.” Kirstie Webb: Capital Projects Manager, George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust

MATER DEI HOSPITAL, MALTA

A SPECIALIST CLEANROOM

MAT recently completed a complex cleanroom project at Malta’s state-of-the-art national hospital, Mater Dei. Mater Dei is an acute general teaching hospital, offering hospital services and specialist services. One of these specialist services is a dedicated oncology centre, funded in part by an EU grant, and offering world-class treatment from a new purpose-built block.

THE MCINDOE CENTRE

A DYNAMIC™ PARTNERSHIP

The McIndoe Centre was originally a burns unit, established as a legacy to pioneering plastic surgeon Sir Archibald McIndoe. However, new owners Horder Healthcare wanted to advance patient care with major investment in other specialisms, including orthopaedic surgery. MAT shared the hospital’s vision, and won the contract to install three new theatres and a six bed recovery area.