Accessories & Consumables

The same detailed attention that we design into our ventilators, anaesthesia workstations, incubators and monitoring products, goes into the engineering and manufacturing of our accessories and consumables, as they are an integral part of life-saving medical equipment and an essential part of securing your performance!

We attach great importance to sustainable products. These are some of our sustainability efforts to make our contribution:

- Avoiding materials of concern (e.g. Latex, DEHP and PVC)

- Eco-conscious product design

- Mitigating transport emissions

Discover some of our sustainable products for Adult to Neonatal patient applications

1.  S. S. Singh Rowdhwal and J. Chen; “Toxic Effects of Di-2-ethylhexyl Phthalate: An Overview”; Volume 2018; Article ID 1750368: https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/1750368
2.  Plasticisers for medical applications: Plasticisers for medical applications – PVCMed Alliance

There're two key factors involved in a successful NIV treatment. They are:

Rotation of mask type

Studies have proven that alternating different mask types improves the effectiveness of treatment when treating acute respiratory failure.

Choice of interface

Selecting the correct type of interface greatly reduces painful skin breakdown and ulcerations. Thus, an alternating interface strategy not only reduces the points of highest pressure, but also improves NIV tolerance and efficacy^8,9.

Di (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) is a synthetic chemical belonging to a family known as phthalates, which is used to make plastics more flexible.

Due to the overuse of DEHP in many products, it enters and pollutes the environment through release from industrial settings and plastic waste disposal sites. DEHP can enter the body through inhalation, ingestion, and dermal contact on a daily basis, which raises concerns about its potential effects on human health².

As DEHP is currently under increasing scrutiny by regulatory and medical authorities, a range of DEHP alternatives have been approved by the European Pharmacopeia, and are now made available for nearly all medical applications³.

For many years, we have minimised the usage of substances of concern. Nearly all of our hospital consumables and accessories are now free of latex, PVC and DEHP.

We know that your top priorities are to keep the patients safe and to offer them the highest levels of comfort to make their stay as comfortable as possible. Our accessories and consumables play an important role in achieving our common goal as they are often in direct contact with your patients – that‘s why patient comfort and ease of use were the focal point when designing our accessories as they are an essential part of securing patient safety and comfort.

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2. Comfort and patient‑centred care without excessive sedation: the eCASH concept.Vincent JL et al., Intensive Care Med 2016; 42:962–971
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9. Ozyilmaz E et al*.* Timing of noninvasive ventilation failure: causes, risk factors, and potential remedies. BMC Pulm. Med. 2014; 14:19

Our range of accessories and consumables is designed to help you in your daily routines to make your work as easy as possible and to reduce the potential of errors to a minimum. That’s what makes them an essential part of increasing work efficiency and cost savings.