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Winter Olympics in Sochi

February 26th, 2014 – Health officials in Sochi chose the gold standard when selecting a medical air and vacuum system to be installed in their hospital facilities for the 2014 Winter Olympics. Atlas Copco was called upon to supply the systems for a newly-developed surgical unit that was built especially for the hosting of the event

Surgical Hospital No. 6 was opened in June 2013 as part of a major development of health facilities in the area in preparation for the Games. 

The six-story building has two surgical operating rooms, as well as emergency, intensive care and laboratory departments. The hospital recently purchased Atlas Copco’s medical vacuum plant mVAC-1000T and BeaconMedaes’s medical air plant cAIR 1800 DG. A medical vacuum plant provides a safe medical vacuum (suction) for a variety of hospital applications, mainly in operating theaters, intensive care, and emergency units while a medical air plant provides the surgical and emergency rooms with ultra clean, purified medical air. 

Installation of the system followed close collaboration between Atlas Copco’s medical air division regional distributor, Aral Engineering and project management company, Giprozdrav. As a world leader in compressor and vacuum technology, Atlas Copco’s reputation for market-leading reliability, outstanding quality and excellent energy efficiency were key factors in the decision to select this company’s equipment over that of other manufacturers.

Chief engineer Shkarev Igor Pavlovitch said: “The selection process was very strict and proposals were submitted by a number of different manufacturers. First of all we paid attention to basic parameters such as reliability, durability and high performance. We also sought the opinion of our colleagues from other clinics that use central medical air plants. Another reason we chose Atlas Copco was because they offered staff training from an Atlas Copco service engineer.” 

He added that although the equipment had only been in place for a short time it was running smoothly and already showing high levels of quality and reliability, such that he is happy to recommend Atlas Copco to other hospitals in the Krasnodar region.

Hospital Facility - Sochi

Hospital facility in Sochi, Russia

 
mVAC-500.jpg Maria Borisik, Atlas Copco’s business line manager for Medical Air in Russia, said:  “We were very proud to be involved with this fantastic project. A reliable source of medical air and vacuum is critical to patient safety and will play an important role in the treatment and care that the hospital provides over the course of the Winter Olympics.” 

The Atlas Copco mVAC systems provide reliable medical vacuum (suction) for specific applications including wound drainage, assisted wound closure, and removal of excess blood during surgery. An mVAC system consists of two to six air-cooled rotary vane type vacuum pumps and a central controller with an intelligent graphical user interface. The pumps can work independently to satisfy the required vacuum flow.
mVAC Medical Vacuum system  
Medical Air Plant Meanwhile, the BeaconMedaes Medical Air Plant is based on specially designed, reliable, medical compressors and dryers and therefore provides an uninterrupted air supply in critical situations. If the central controller should fail, every element of the system still has its own controller. Every compressor and dryer is subject to comprehensive Quality Assurance controls, and is fully tested prior to dispatch  
Medical Air Plant  

The medical sector is more tightly regulated than ever before. Both BeaconMedaes’s Medical Air Plant and Atlas Copco’s Medical Vacuum are pre-certified to international regulations including Pharmacopoeia and quality norms such as ISO 13485. It also complies with the most demanding standards and regulations, such as Medical Device Directive MDD 93/42/EEC, EN ISO 7396-1, ISO 14971 and Health Technical Memorandums HTM 02-01 and HTM 2022. Furthermore, it is designed and manufactured according to ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and the ISO 13485:2003 quality management system. 

Atlas Copco is a world-leading provider of sustainable productivity solutions. The Group serves customers with innovative compressors, vacuum solutions and air treatment systems, construction and mining equipment, power tools and assembly systems. Atlas Copco develops products and service focused on productivity, energy efficiency, safety and ergonomics. The company was founded in 1873, is based in Stockholm, Sweden, and has a global reach spanning more than 180 countries. In 2013, Atlas Copco had revenues of BSEK 84 (BEUR 9.7) and more than 40 000 employees. 

Quality Air is a division within Atlas Copco’s Compressor Technique business area. It develops, engineers, manufactures and markets dryers, gas dehydration/gas generation equipment, medical air solutions, and biogas upgrades worldwide. Products are offered under several brands to a wide range of industries including oil and gas, chemical, industrial manufacturing, medical and rental. The main production facilities are in China, Belgium, Italy and USA. The divisional headquarters is located in Antwerp, Belgium.

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