Micronclean’s Big Blue Blog – Labelling, Packaging and Presentation

Single use items such as wipes or disposable garments are not usually individually marked and the product packaging provides all relevant information. Reusable items which undergo repeated use and cleanroom decontamination cycles are individually labelled. Labelling of cleanroom items is required for various purposes; •             To individually identify the...

Medilink Midlands Member Footfalls and Heartbeats provides game changing Biomechanical technology

Medilink Midlands Member Footfalls and Heartbeats has recently published a paper in the MDPI Engineering Proceedings, highlighting that their technology is a viable alternative to the industry standard method of data capture for movement patterns and biomechanics. Footfalls & Heartbeats has developed a revolutionary and proprietary process for manufacturing smart...

New bedside critical alarm monitoring system launched at Sheffield Children’s Hospital

A new monitoring system developed between Sheffield Children’s Hospital and Tutum Medical Ltd of Chesterfield is significantly improving response times for bedside critical alarms, leading to improved patient outcomes, better workflow for nurses and reduced healthcare costs for the hospital. The idea for the award-winning BEAMS (Bedside Equipment Alarm Monitoring...

Ryan Acquires United Kingdom’s Leading Commercial R&D and Capital Allowances Tax Reclaim Firm, Catax

Ryan, a leading global tax services and software provider, has announced the acquisition of Catax, a research and development (R&D) and capital allowances tax reclaim specialist operating in the United Kingdom (UK) and Canada. The acquisition of the Manchester, UK-headquartered company further strengthens Ryan’s R&D global market position, presenting new service...

Guardtech Group seal SME Cambridgeshire Business Awards win

CleanCube Mobile Cleanrooms scoops Business Innovation gong for portable COVID-19 PCR testing labs GUARDTECH GROUP enjoyed a triumphant evening at the SME Cambridgeshire Business Awards last week after winning the Business Innovation Award with CleanCube Mobile Cleanrooms at a glitzy event at Imperial War Museum Duxford. The Haverhill-based controlled environment...

FAQS: In-Vitro Diagnostic Medical Device Regulation (IVDR)

Along with the EU Regulation on medical devices (MDR), the EU Regulation 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council on in-vitro diagnostic medical devices (IVDR) entered into force on 26 May 2017. After a 5 year transition period, the IVDR will replace the EU’s current Directive on in-vitro...

Nottingham CRO bolsters team with appointment of senior molecular biologist

Nottingham based contract research organisation (CRO) Cellomatics Biosciences has expanded its team with the appointment of senior molecular biologist, Dr Lara De Tomasi, in response to recent growth and the continued increase in demand for its bespoke preclinical and early discovery phase expertise. A specialist in genetics and molecular biology,...