New paper free pouch for Berner Gloves

Berner remains the glove of choice for those handling cytotoxics within an aseptic environment and the new upgrade to poly packaging enables them to be used in paper free environments.

Berner gloves are CE marked and aseptically presented in a clean peel pouch printed with lot number and expiry date and the poly pouches can be liberally sprayed with alcohol for aseptic transfer.

The gloves fully comply with European PPE category III, EN374 chemical and bacteriological and EN388 mechanical standards. Full breakthrough data for a range of cytotoxics including carmustine, cisplastin and methotrexate together with other technical support information is available on request.

For more information on how to safely manage cytotoxic substances in your department, please call Helapet on 0800 0328 428, or visit our website on www.helapet.co.uk to view our full range.

Rowespike vent excellent choice for reconstitution

When a needle or spike is inserted into a vial, hazardous aerosols can be released that are both harmful to operators and can cross contaminate other products in the aseptic area or isolator cabinet.

The NEW Rowespike Vent will protect operators and avoid cross contamination and is an ideal choice for reconstituting cytotoxics.

New Rowespike Vent with metal cannula is easy to use for repeated withdrawal and aspiration of cytostatic solutions from vials, bottles and bags.

The metal cannula avoids needlestick injury and will easily pierce bungs and bags for sterile venting purposes and your syringe will conveniently secure directly to the top of the device using the luer lock.

Rowespike vent has a 0.1 micron PTFE hydrophobic bacteria filter for effective sterile venting of cytotoxic and other hazardous aerosols. The vents are ETO sterilised and supplied individually sterile wrapped in packs of 150 pieces with full lot traceability.

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Helapet launch new filter devices website

We are pleased to introduce our upgraded filtration website and catalogue showcasing our range of standard and custom made filter devices.

Helapet filtration devices primarily serve the medical, printing, laboratory, gas, and air markets, providing compact and robust filters for a diverse number of applications.

Take a look on www.filterdevices.co.uk

New series 4 study day programme

We are pleased to announce our new series 4 study day programme: mAbs preparation of monoclonal antibodies, practical aspects and risk management.

The first study day will be held on 16th December 2010 at Nutfield priory in Redhill, Surrey, with guest speakers, Tim Sizer, Mark Oldcorne, Maria Connolly and Julie Simpson.

The day is aimed at pharmacists and senior technicians with more details to be found at www.helapet.net

Helapet staff raise money for Macmillan

A fun coffee morning was held at Helapet offices on 24th September to join in the world's biggest coffee morning for Macmillan.
Staff brought in delicious home made goodies and made a contribution to sample the fare. A fantastic £54.10 was raised for Macmillan cancer research.

Infection Prevention

It was great to meet so many people dedicated to infection prevention at the Infection Prevention Conference in Bournemouth this week.

Particular interest was taken with our SteriClean range of cleaning and disinfection wipes and sprays, and those who tried our new Alcorub hand gel were impressed with how pleasant the hands felt after use.

Free samples and information will be sent out to those who expressed an interest on our stand and anyone who missed out can call 0800 0328 428 for a free sachet of Alcorub gel.

Sterile alcohol wipes

SteriClean® individual alcohol wipes are impregnated with 70% v/v isopropyl alcohol , and are supplied individually wrapped and sterile in foil pouches. They are gamma irradiated to not less than 25KgY, ensuring sterility and making them an ideal choice for aseptic areas.

The hydroentangled construction of the wipes not only offers strength and absorbency, but minimises linting ensuring that they can be confidently used in clean room environments.

SteriClean alcohol impregnated wipes have been proved effective to standard EN13697:2001 including MRSA and are available in 10 x 15cm and 22 x 22cm sizes.

For more information and FREE SAMPLES please call 0800 0328 428

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