Healthcare Estates is a unique event that consists of the prestigious Institute of Healthcare Engineering Estate Management (IHEEM) Annual Conference and dinner. One of the UK’s largest trade exhibition for the healthcare sector Healthcare Estates attracts over 190 exhibitors, one of whom will be ALS Environmental. Healthcare Estates takes place on 7 – 8 October at the Manchester Central venue in the heart of Manchester.

The ALS Environmental event profile can be found here. Our team can be found on stand Bz7.

ALS Environmental will be on hand to provide more details to our customers and members of the NHS with details on our revolutionary MALDI-ToF confirmation technique that can confirm all bacteria quicker than the standard agglutination technique. This approach removes the presumptive stage of all bacteriological analysis, including Legionella, Stenotrophomonas and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. All of the MALDI-ToF confirmations are Drinking Water Testing Standard (DWTS) accredited along with holding UKAS accreditation.

Representing ALS Environmental at Healthcare Estates will be Pervinder Johal, Microbiology Operations Manager, Talvinder Chohan from our Business Development Team and Nick Barsby, Sales and Marketing Manager at ALS Environmental. All three have vast experience of the analytical process and both Nick and Pervinder are members of the Water Management Society.

On attending the event Pervinder Johal comments

The risk of nosocomial infection in the immuno comprimised is always a major concern for infection control departments within NHS units. The MALDI-ToF confirmation approach allows these departments to act on confirmed, accredited analytical data quicker and with confidence. ALS Environmental are the only UK laboratory to have both UKAS ISO 17025 and DWTS accreditation for this approach and when combined with our ever expanding database of bacteria making us your ideal analytical partner.

ALS Environmental hold one of the worlds largest Legionella library on our MALDI-ToF. A list of the Legionella Species we can identify can be found here.

Providing both standard culture based and rapid PCR Legionella analysis, ALS Environmental are your ideal laboratory partner. We have a vast array of experience in dealing directly with the NHS and as a 3rd party laboratory, as highlighted in our Lister Hospital case study, in conjunction with Lakeside Water.

For more details about the Healthcare Estates event please click here. If you would like to know more about how ALS Environmental can help with your Legionella and microbiological analytical requirements please contact us or call 02476 42 12 13 and speak to a member of our customer service team.