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The Helapet Award for Independent Study 2010

In line with Helapet's continued commitment to education and the development of its staff and customers, we are delighted to present once again, the Helapet Awards for Independent Study in collaboration with the University of Derby.

The award for Best Independent Study 2010 for aseptic services was presented to Kristina Chapman, who is the Senior Technician at the Tameside General Hospital, at a special presentation held at the University of Derby on the 6th February. This was in recognition of her work 'The training and practical assessment of nursing staff in the aseptic preparation of intravenous additives made outside of pharmacy aseptics'.

The award for Best Independent Study 2010 for Clinical Pharmacy was awarded to Helen Thurnham from the Northern General Hospital for her module 5 project on ‘Improving Pharmacy Discharge Process’.

Many congratulations to Kristina and Helen who have been studying the University of Derby BTEC professional Diploma whilst working in aseptic service units.

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Winners of the Kathryn Miles Poster Competition 2009

In line with Helapet’s continued commitment to education and the development of its staff and customers, we were once more delighted to sponsor the Kathryn Miles Poster Award in collaboration with the Association of Pharmacy Technicians.

Posters were presented at the APT conference and exhibition 2009 which was held in Cardiff, and were judged for content, clarity, originality and visual impact.

Many congratulations to Victoria Brereton who was presented with 1st prize for her poster entitled: 'Comprehensive Training Manuals for Aseptic Services'. Victoria is chief pharmacy technician for the Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

2nd prize was awarded to Derek Ford for his poster entitled 'The implementation of an automated medication storage and dispensing system within the acute medical unit (AMU) – Ninewells Hospital, Dundee'.

3rd prize went to Allan Malone for his poster 'To assess the suitability of the new medical gas store to meet clinical demands at the national Hospital for neurology and neurosurgery'. Allan is based at the University College Hospital in London.

The winning poster abstracts can be viewed on our educational resource website: www.helapet.net

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Product News

Cold Chain Transport System

Introducing TimestripPlus™

Helping you to cost effectively manage the cold chain from aseptic manufacture through to delivery to the patient.

Vaccines and some cytotoxic drugs can be rendered ineffective or lose efficacy if they are stored above 8 °C. Traditional methods of cold chain management rely on data loggers and time consuming manual recording of temperatures.

TimestripPlus™ is the only device that can effectively record a breach in the cold chain and indicate the length of time that the breach occurred.

TimestripPlus™ is a simple single se device that can be attached to any temperature sensitive drug or vaccine using the adhesive backing.

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SteriClean Neutral Detergent for maximum cleaning

SteriClean® Neutral Detergent is now available to complement the SteriClean® range of broad spectrum Biocidal and alcohol disinfectants.

A detergent with a PH7 +/- must be used in critical applications where surfaces could be damaged by acid or alkaline solutions. SteriClean® neutral detergent is an ideal choice for aseptic areas and pharmaceutical cleanrooms where soiling needs to be removed prior to cleaning with an active biocidal agent.

SteriClean® neutral detergent is blended with ionised water, filtered to 0.2 micron and filled in a class 10,000 cleanroom. Ready mixed and validated for maximum effect, each 0.9 litre bottle is supplied individually double bagged and sterilised by gamma irradiation at no less than 25 kGy.

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For more information please contact our sales team on 0800 0328 428.

Filter  Needles

Filter Straws

Filter Aspirators

5 micron sintered steel filter needle, with 18 gauge anti coring needle, female luer lock connector . . .
 

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5 micron Filter straw for the removal of liquid from glass ampoules and vials . . .
 
 

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5 micron sintered steel filter aspirator, with 18 gauge x 3'' aspirator tube for removing liquid from bottles, female luer lock connector . . .

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Ultrasafe Needles

Vinca Alkaloid Bag

Berner Oversleeves

Hydrophobic micron cannula for the safe preparation and withdrawal of chemotherapeutic drugs from stopper bottles and small vials.

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Tamper Evident Write-on Polyethylene bag used for the transport of Vinca Alkaloid drugs to the patient from pharmacy by registered personnel.

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Cytostatic protection sleeve cover - specially developed to be used whilst working at cytostatic safety cabinets . . .
 
 

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Events Update

ABPI Award

Congratulations to Dr Sara Hiom from the Cardiff and Vale NHS Trust who has won a prestigious ABPI award for innovative practice. This is in recognition for the work she has carried out over the last year on validating aseptic processes in hospital pharmacies.

Helapet have been working closely with Sara to produce a validation kit to complement her test procedures. It is hoped that these new standard operating procedures will be widely adopted across the UK as it has now been proven to be the best method for validating aseptic processes from storage through 2 transfers.

For more information on the SteriVal Kit and standard operating procedure, please contact our sales team on 0800 0328 428