A new water purifier and funding for the UK's premier dental training facility
ELGA Process Water equips and sponsors LonDEC
BIOPURE water purification system
When the London Dental Education Centre (LonDEC) had to choose a compact, cost-effective and easy-to-use water purification system for its infection control and decontamination training suite, the BIOPURE 7/15 from ELGA Process Water fitted the bill perfectly. And as a bonus ELGA Process Water even contributed to the capital funding of the project too.
Bill Sharpling, Director of LonDEC, explained: "LonDEC's high specification facilities are designed to meet all training requirements from technical and clinical to nursing and dental hygiene. We have 27 phantom head training units, a 45 seat lecture theatre, a pseudo dental surgery for medical emergency training, and an infection control and decontamination training suite."
"Effective decontamination is central to LonDEC's activities. Many course delegates look for ideas on how to update their own decontamination processes in light of recent HTM01-05 guidelines," says Bill. "Our infection control and decontamination training suite includes a'dirty' and'clean' room that demonstrates best practice and what dental practices should aspire to have."
This is where the BIOPURE 7/15 comes into the picture. The system, which is specifically designed for the dental industry, supplies up to 15 l/hr of purified water to LonDEC's washer disinfector, two autoclaves and ultrasonic bath - all from one mains water feed.
Bill Sharpling & Gerard Murray
But the BIOPURE 7/15 was just the start of ELGA Process Water's commitment to helping support the dental industry - ELGA Process Water also contributed sponsorship capital to LonDEC."The majority of the funding for LonDEC came from the London Deanery, via NHS London, the Strategic Health Authority" says Bill. "The remainder of the funding was raised from the King's College London, the dental industry, equipment suppliers, and ELGA Process Water were keen to help us raise the remaining capital we needed to get the project completed," says Bill.
Gerard Murray, Healthcare Sales Manager at ELGA Process Water, said: "We were delighted when Bill asked us to sponsor LonDEC, as it was an opportunity for us to demonstrate our commitment to help further dental education in the UK. Our sponsorship reflects our confidence that LonDEC will be a centre of excellence in dental education and training for many years to come."