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March 25, 2015

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Seaward aims to help meet electrical safety duties

Seaward test equipment is being used by one of the largest hospital trusts in the country to ensure that electrical equipment and appliances are safe, according to manufacturer Seaward Electronic.

According to the company, the Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Trust runs both Cheltenham General and Gloucestershire Royal Hospitals, and has dedicated portable appliance test engineers at both hospitals as part of the trust’s medical engineering department using the latest Seaward test equipment to ensure that electrical equipment and appliances do not pose a danger to users.

In total some 15,000 appliances are tested each year in Cheltenham General Hospital and 18,000 items in the larger Gloucester Royal Hospital, says Seaward.

The company explains that the Seaward Apollo 600 tester, supported by the specialist PATGuard 3 results management software, is in place as part of the hospitals’ preventative maintenance approach. This is a multi-purpose PAT tester combining electrical inspection and testing with sophisticated safety data collection features, says Seaward, adding that the battery powered and lightweight tester includes all of the electrical safety tests required by the IET Code of Practice to enable duty holders to meet their electrical safety responsibilities in a safe, simple and effective manner.

As well as recording asset details and test results in the tester’s internal memory, data produced by the electrical safety testing procedures is downloaded into a central PATGuard software management system, enabling full safety records to be maintained and advance tests to be scheduled, adds the company.

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