Helapet do their part for MacMillan!

@MacmillanCoffee

In aid of Macmillan Cancer support Helapet joined the nation by holding the annual “World’s Biggest Coffee Morning” supporting the great work the Macmillan nurses do for people living with cancer. On the day, coffee mornings were held in homes and workplaces across the country, in support of the MacMillan campaign.

Helapet once again outdid themselves with plenty of homemade cakes, cookies and treats much to the delight of everyone including our very own Managing Director, Ben Miles.

The Helapet team raised a fantastic £211.80 for the cause, and of course, all donations were given to charity. We would like to say thank you to all at Macmillan for the invite and well done to all that took part!
 

Ben Miles enjoying one of the many treats.

Looking ahead to the New Year

With this year coming to an end and 2017 just over the horizon, we would like to welcome you to Issue 8 of the Helapet Newsletter.

In this Issue we officially launch our all new SteriSpor™ Sporicidal Spray, the latest addition to our sterile Cleaning and Disinfection range. We also provide an exciting update on new machine investment for the Filter Devices division and a big welcome to a new member of our highly skilled Account Managers.

Download your copy here or request your hard-copy by emailing us at info@helapet.co.uk.

We hope you find our newsletter updates interesting, and thank you for sparing your valuable time to read up on our most recent developments.

New Machinery for Filter Devices

In response to increasing demand, Helapet are investing in the increased production of inline disc filters with brand new injection moulding machinery and tooling.
 
For over 30 years our Filter Devices division has specialised in the design and manufacture of 25mm and 50mm inline filters, with the ability to customise them with different filter media and inlet/outlet connections.

A few words from Dean Marsh, Operations Manager
“This new machinery will support our ongoing growth strategy and improve production capacity for our 50mm filters. We also expect to gain greater precision and control of our components, which will help build on our reputation for quality and allow us to investigate other product opportunities.”

Learn more about our range of filter devices and their numerous applications by visiting filterdevices.co.uk or request your free brochure by emailing info@helapet.co.uk.

Helapet takes the stress out of sporicides with the launch of new SteriSpor™ sterile trigger spray

Helapet are pleased to introduce an all new sterile sporicidal trigger spray for fast acting elimination of spore contamination in cleanroom environments.

SteriSpor™ is a stable hypochlorous acid (HOCl) preparation developed to minimise the risk of viable spores during aseptic transfer of cleanroom materials and to treat non-product surfaces.

Demonstrating a greater than 3 log reduction of viable spores in less than 1 minute, SteriSpor™ meets necessary EN standards and exceeds the latest UK efficacy guidelines.

The minimal residue reduces removal time and presents a very low corrosion risk to cleanroom equipment, isolators and furniture. Classified as non-hazardous and emitting very low odour, SteriSpor™ provides assured safe handling for cleanroom operators.

SteriSpor™ becomes part of Helapet’s comprehensive range of cleanroom sprays and wipes (impregnated and dry), all supplied fully cleanroom processed, double bagged and sterile.

For additional information and to request free samples, email us at sales@helapet.co.uk or contact us directly on (0)800 0328 428.

APTUK, 60 and still strong...

The Association of Pharmacy Technicians UK (APTUK) celebrated their 60th annual conference this year at Aston University, Birmingham. Run by pharmacy technicians for pharmacy technicians, the APTUK provides continued support in the training and development of Pharmacy and Healthcare practitioners.

Helapet were pleased to be the corporate sponsor and present the Kathryn Miles Poster Award at their annual conference. The Kathryn Miles competition helps to support creative thinking, using posters to illustrate latest research and generate new and valuable ideas.

We are pleased to announce that Joanna Correa West, Marie Slimm, Ruth Shuard & Beth Barrett of Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust became the official winners of the APTUK Katherine Miles poster competition 2016, sponsored by Helapet.

Their poster on “Pharmacy Technician extended role into medicines administration” secured them a cash prize of £250 and their names on the board of poster winners.A huge thank you to everyone who participated and congratulations to our worthy winners and runner-ups!

APTUK have confirmed that the 2017 APTUK conference will be held on 2nd and 3rd of July at the Hilton Hotel in Cardiff. If you have a creative idea to share on best practice improvements in your department, be sure to visit aptuk.org to see how you can enter in next year’s competition!

Beth Barrett receiving 1st place on behalf of her team at
Birmingham Children’s Hospital NHS foundation trust

Thumbs up for Vari-Disk®

Did you know, Helapet are a manufacturer of bespoke inline disc filters, used for precise filtration if particulates in air, gas and liquids? With over 25 years of in-house manufacturing experience, we provide quality one-to-one consultancy support and technical support as part of the service. Not convinced? Hear why customers give Vari-Disk® service a thumbs-up: "We have been impressed by the quality of the filters provided by Helapet. Deliveries and lead times have been very good. An additional benefit has been the level of support on a technical basis, advising of the materials to be used and the professionalism of the sales and engineering staff." Medical device manufacturer, UK

Email sales@helapet.co.uk and quote "Vari-Disk^® service" in the subject to see how we can create a disc filter to suit your application. Or visit www.filterdevices.co.uk to learn more.

New cleanroom packaging & liquid fill service unveiled

Helapet are delighted to launch a new contract cleanroom packing, bagging and liquid filling service, available to clients seeking to package their products in a contaminant free environment. Using our spacious class 10,000 cleanrooms alongside a class 1,000 liquid filling facility, we offer a fully compliant assembly and packaging line.

Manual hand packing

✓ Manual hand packing	✓ Semi-automated bagging	✓ Pouch sealing
✓ Sterile liquid filling	✓ OEM labelling	✓ Sterilisation management

We combine our specialist production activities into a bespoke, flexible service of which we are happy to accommodate bulk orders as well as small runs. Helapet offers assured quality certification to ISO13485, supported by regular quality inspection and experienced cleanroom staff.

Sterile liquid filling

If you have a project you would like to discuss, email your requirements to us at sales@helapet.co.uk or click here to learn more.

We're getting personal with our deliveries

We understand that our customers need their products arriving on time and to the right location.

Take advantage of our free delivery notification service, providing valuable date, time and location information straight to your computer or mobile device.

How does it work?

Nominate a contact	Shipped	Ready for delivery	Text and email
Nominate an appropriate contact to receive delivery notifications. Include mobile number and/or email address	The delivery contact will receive a notification informing them of the delivery date and provide options to reschedule	The delivery contact will receive an additional notification with a delivery time within a 1 hour window	Delivery notifications can arrive via text, email or both. Accurately track your delivery and see your final 15 minute time slot

What do I need to do?

Available to all Helapet customers, register for this service by clicking here and fill out your nominated delivery contact details online.

Or email deliveries@helapet.co.uk with the Full Name | Organisation | Mobile Phone Number | Email Address of your nominated delivery contact.

Triple Bagged Packaging now available

Material cleanroom transfer is an essential element of modern contamination control and now Helapet are pleased to offer our double bagged sterile consumables in triple bagged format for 3 stage transfer processing.

Supporting the need to eliminate harmful contaminants reaching grade A working environments, Pharmacy Technicians can conveniently remove one layer of protective packaging for each stage of the transfer process.

Triple bagged consumable sprays include:

Sterile trigger sprays and wipes
PharmaPack^® multi-pack syringes
Sterile sharps bins
Pharmacy workmats

Just remember, the best things come in threes!

To request a quotation for triple bagged consumables, email us at sales@helapet.co.uk or call us on 0800 0328 428.

Pick up our latest spring / summer newsletter

As summer gradually gets underway, we welcome you with Issue 7 of our Helapet newsletter!

Key articles include a useful custom facility for tracking Helapet deliveries, an introduction to our in-house sterile packaging and liquid filling service as well as the launch of our triple-bagged sterile consumables.

This latest issue also introduces two new members to the Helapet team, Barry Carter and Lisa Ginns.

If you would like to download a copy of our latest newsletter click here, or if you prefer a hard-copy simply email your name and address to info@helapet.co.uk.

Hot off of the press... The all new Porter brochures

It’s here… The latest edition of our VaccinePorter^® and BloodPorter^® carrier brochures, now available in print and on digital download.

Both four page brochures provide an easy overview of our Porter carrier systems, designed for the safe transportation of temperature controlled products including Vaccines, Red Blood Cells and Platelets.

Choose the correct Porter size for your application by using the internal and external dimension information detailed inside. You can even tailor design your carriers by choosing from a range of colour options and bespoke branding.

Helapet also offer temperature controlled carriers for TPN bags and Human Plasma too.

For additional customer service and technical support, full contact details are included in the brochure.

Request your preferred Porter brochure by emailing us at sales@helapet.co.uk.

Coming back to the Clinical Pharmacy Congress . . .

Find us on stand J39 on April 22nd & 23rd at the ExCel London

Being the UK's largest gathering of clinical pharmacy professionals, now in its fifth year running, this year The Clinical Pharmacy Congress will hold over 2,300 pharmacy delegates and over 150 exhibitors and partners from across the nation… and Helapet are excited to be an important part of it once again. This year is going to be a big one, as the congress will expand to include aseptic services, radio pharmacy, production manufacturing and quality assurance and control.

Taking place on 22nd and 23rd April, be sure to register today and visit stand J39 to learn more about our all new and improved 20mm needle-free Vented Vial Adapter, plus many other specialist consumables in our range. We look forward to seeing you there!

Need a bag? We have you covered.

Helapet offer a wide variety of sterile and non-sterile bags for single-use storage, transportation and disposal requirements. Our line of sterile bags are gamma irradiated and packaged in an ISO Class 7 environment ready for immediate use; improving process efficiency and reliability.
 

Labelled Bags	Plain Bags
Chemotherapy transportation/Waste bags	Sterile polybags
Medicine transport bags	Tamper-evident bags
Vinca Alkaloid transport bags	Isolator waste bags
Intrathecal transport bags	UV light inhibiting amber bags

Choose from our specialist range of labelled and plain bag options, each designed and manufactured from quality materials and available in different sizes, sealing options and packaging formats.

Order FREE samples by contacting sales@helapet.co.uk or call 0800 0328 428 to learn more.

New, improved 20mm Vented Vial Adapter

Our new enhanced Vented Vial Adapter introduces a larger integrated air filter, providing rapid and reliable equalisation of pressure within a vial. Increased flowrate performance provides effortless and reliable drug withdrawal saving on preparation time.

Our new Vented Vial Adapter retains the unique benefits of the original with stable, needle-free access to standard drug vials, whilst preventing exposure to cytotoxic contamination. The low profile design minimises priming volume for accurate dosing, and the irremovable skirt design provides added security.

Order your free samples of our new Vented Vial Adapter online, or contact us direct on (0)800 0328 428.

PharmaVent Spike Vent - Safe, simple handling all in one

PharmaVent™ Spike Vent from Helapet protects healthcare professionals from the risk of aerosol contamination during sterile preparation and aseptic reconstitution activities.

A compact, easy-to-use device, PharmaVent™ Spike Vent reduces the possibility of needle-stick injury using an anti-coring plastic spike for easy vial access.

Our top reasons to choose PharmaVent™ Spike Vent...     Needle-free access to vials Efficient two way 0.2 μm vent filter Non-latex acrylic polymer housing Capped luer connection to reduce contamination Excellent flow rates Ideal for multi-dose applications Looking to order? Click here to request your free samples! Download our Venting & Needle Free brochure to view our complete range of reconstitution devices.

#IV4040 - 100 pieces a pack Individually blister packed ETO Sterilised

Custom made inline disc filters tailored to your needs...

At Helapet we provide a solution in the bespoke design through to choice of media and manufacture of your inline disc filters. We add value to our filtration products, using consultancy based manufacturing to exceed customer expectations.

Don’t just take our word for it

“We found Helapet very easy to work, the understanding of our requirements and the technical knowledge they have ensured we got the right product to suit our needs. We chose Helapet filters as they offered the product, price and quantity we required with the added bonus that the filters we have are branded with our details, in a competitive market this gives us an important edge.”
- Autoclave manufacturer, UK

Our global customer base use our filter devices for the clarification of air gas and liquid in a range of applications:

• Gas analyser disc filters
• CO₂ incubator disc filters
• Vacuum pump disc filters
• Autoclave disc filters
• Pipette controller disc filters
• Ink-Jet disc filters

...plus many more!

Is your application not mentioned above? Or, have you not found what you are looking for? Then contact Helapet today or call 0800 0328 428 to discuss how you can customise your filter media, micron pore-size or disc inlet and outlet connector options... or even add your very own company logo. The filtration possibilities are endless!       

It's a new dawn, it's a newsletter day

Hot off of the press… as we progress into 2016 and the healthy diets continue, we promise to pack you some tasty treats this year, starting with Issue 6 of our quarterly Newsletter.

This quarter tuck in to mouth-watering articles including delegate feedback from last year's study day programme, top 4 reasons to choose Helapet autoclave filters and learn about our new MediTray^® cool packs used in Helapet VaccinePorter^® and BloodPorter^® carrier systems.

We hope you find our bitesize newsletter updates interesting and thank you for sparing your valuable time to read up on our most recent developments.

Click here to download Issue 6, or subscribe today to be part of our newsletter mailing list.

Welcoming our new Managing Director, Ben Miles

Ben Miles

This year marks the start of something new here at Helapet Ltd. Introducing Ben Miles, Helapet's new Managing Director.

Ben joins us with over 12 years' experience within the CliniMed^® group. Having recently been employed by our sister company Gemini Healthcare Services Ltd, Ben brings with him valuable experience in New Product Development, Business Development, along with Marketing management and Regulatory Affairs.

A few words from Ben:
"I'm delighted to have joined Helapet and getting to know the team as I settle into my new role of Managing Director.  Everyone I've met I've found to be very welcoming as well as dedicated and hardworking with a clear focus on providing the very best possible service to our customers. I’m very excited about the potential for 2016 with a number of new products planned and I look forward to spending more time with the team, our partners and our customers."

We would like to offer Ben our warm congratulations and look forward to continued success in 2016.

Click here to learn more about CliniMed^® (Holdings) Ltd and all seven specialist healthcare companies within the group.

Top 4 reasons to choose Helapet autoclave disk filters

Do you have difficulty maintaining the sterility in your autoclave? Experiencing trouble during the dry cycle of your instruments? Then take a look at the top four reasons why you should choose Helapet autoclave disk filters for efficient sterile venting applications.

1. FDA approved, low-extractable polypropylene housing
2. 0.3 µm rated HEPA media for efficient particulate removal
3. Individually etched Lot numbers to record traceability
4. All filters are integrity tested to support performance specifications

You can also enhance the way your filter looks by selecting your media, connections and adding on your own company logo for that personal touch. To benefit from this, ask about the Vari-Disk^® service.

To learn more, contact our dedicated Filter Specialist at filters@helapet.co.uk who will be able to work through your requirements, providing expert advice and information.