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FLUIDQUIP AUSTRALIA PTY LTD Unit 7/ 84-90 Old Bathurst Rd, Emu Plains. NSW
ph: 02 4735 5054 | fx: 02 4735 6896 [email protected] | www.fluidquip.com.au
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Since installing the Hanovia UV in the Hydrotherapy Pool the therapists and patients at Calvary Rehabilitation Hospital can breath easy. And thanks to the 5-year factory warranty the management can also breath a sigh of relief! !
Calvary! Rehabilitation! Hospital! is! located!
just! to! the! north! of! the! beautiful! city! of!
Adelaide! in! South! Australia.! Being! a!
rehabilitation! hospital,! the! hydrotherapy!
pool! at! Calvary! is! a! very! important!
component! of! the! rehabilitation! therapies!
offered!by!the!hospital.!Richard!Tothill,!the!
Maintenance! Manager! for! the! hospital!
prides!himself!on!the!condition!and!upkeep!
of! all! the! hospital! facilities! –! including! the!
hydrotherapy!pool.!It!was!this!commitment!
to! excellence! that! led! him! to! understand!
the!pool! required! some!attention.!Richard!
found!that! the!air! inside! the!hydrotherapy!
centre!smelt!quite! strongly!of! chloramines!
(otherwise!known!as!“combined!chlorine”)!
K! the! pungent! chemical! created! when! the!
chlorine! disinfectant! “combines”! with! the!
remnants! of! human! activity! in! the! pool.!
This! chloramine! odour! is! not! only!
unpleasant! for! both! the! patients! and! the!
therapists! who! run! the! sessions,! but! can!
also! be! a! health! risk! if! inhaled! regularly.!
Richard! found! some! of! the! staff! were!
complaining!of!nausea!and!the!hospital!had!
to! employ! more! “hydrotherapyKtrained”!
staff! so! they! could! be! rotated! more!
frequently.! This! inevitably! led! to! higher!
staffing!costs.!
Richard!decided!to!investigate!what!could!
be!done!to!address!this!problem.!“We!did!a!
fair!bit!of!research!into!what!could!be!
done,”!said!Richard.!“We!looked!at!ozone,!
but!our!research!showed!that!ozone!may!
not!be!as!effective!at!reducing!chloramines!
as!UV!(Ultraviolet)!treatment!of!the!
water.”!Whilst!researching!on!the!Internet,!
Richard!came!across!Fluidquip!and!
Hanovia.!Richard!discovered!the!Hanovia!
UV!system!had!been!installed!by!Fluidquip!
Australia!at!another!rehabilitation!hospital!
in!Adelaide,!so!he!contacted!them.!“Going!
on!their!recommendations,!I!decided!to!go!
with!Fluidquip!and!Hanovia!and!we!have!
been!happy!ever!since!!From!start!to!finish!
I!found!Fluidquip!very!professional.!The!
correspondence,!the!installation!–!all!very!
prompt”!beamed!Richard.!“Even!when!a!
lamp!proved!to!be!faulty!at!the!time!of!
installation,!it!was!replaced!very!quickly.!
The!installation!now!looks!absolutely!
brilliant.”!Now,!when!Richard!steps!out!on!
the!pool!deck!he!observes…!“You!can!
notice!how!fresh!the!air!smells!now.!It!has!
been!like!this!ever!since!Fluidquip!installed!
the!UV.!Many!of!the!therapists!have!
commented!on!the!improvement”.!
Richard!also!felt!the!5Kyear!factory!
warranty!offered!by!Hanovia!was!a!great!
feature!of!the!system.!“It!gives!you!a!good!
feeling!of!security”,!he!said.!
UV Treatment Vastly
Improves Water and Air
Quality at Calvary
Rehabilitation Hospital
Hydrotherapy Pool in
Adelaide.
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FLUIDQUIP AUSTRALIA PTY LTD Unit 7/ 84-90 Old Bathurst Rd, Emu Plains. NSW
ph: 02 4735 5054 | fx: 02 4735 6896 [email protected] | www.fluidquip.com.au
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Richard!certainly!seemed!pleased!with!his!
experience!when!he!commented,!“every!
time!I’ve!had!a!question!or!a!need!for!
information!Fluidquip!was!always!available!
to!help!and!respond.!I!would!recommend!
Fluidquip!to!oversee!the!installation!of!a!
UV!at!Parliament!House!if!they!ever!
needed!one!”!
High!praise!indeed!!
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About!Calvary!Rehabilitation!Hospital.!
Calvary!Rehabilitation!Hospital!is!a!purpose!
built!65Kbed!facility!providing!inpatient!and!
day! patient! rehabilitation! services.! It! is! a!
progressive!healthcare!organisation! that! is!
committed! to! restoring! an! individual’s!
quality!of!life!to!its!optimal!level.!!
Together! with! Calvary! North! Adelaide,!
Calvary! Wakefield! and! Calvary! Central!
Districts!Hospitals! the!group!makes!up!the!
second!largest!private!health!care!provider!
in!South!Australia.!
About!Fluidquip!Australia.!
Since! 1995! Fluidquip! Australia! has! been!
supplying! UV! water! disinfection! systems!
using! the! very! best! technologies! from! the!
Hanovia! range! of! UV.! With! dozens! of!
installations!around!Australia!we!now!have!
an! impressive! client! base! of! satisfied!
customers,!testament!not!only!to!our!skills!
in! supply,! installation,! commissioning! and!
project! management,! but! also! to! our!
reputation! for! after! sales! service! and!
support.!
Figure!1:!The!Hanovia!UV!has!been!easily!retrofitted!into!existing!pipework,!whilst!still!allowing!easy!access!for!maintenance.!
