Cairn Technology has released its Carbon Reduction Plan for 2024, showing a negligible 2.6% increase in its overall carbon equivalent emissions, despite a significant increase in business activities. What’s more, it has also reduced its Scope 1 carbon emissions to zero. All of the above has been achieved through a combination of insetting and offsetting […]
The Green Surgery Report (a) presents the first detailed account of how to reduce the environmental impact of surgical care. One of its focus areas is surgical products and, in particular, how to minimise waste material and energy at all stages of a product’s life cycle. By applying circular economy concepts to healthcare products, significant […]
Ruth Palfreyman and Olivia Athersych have worked hard to enhance sales of Cairn Technology’s absorbent mat range this year, with sales in January alone being 50% higher than in the year before. Both Area Sales Managers for Sheffield-based medical product sales company, Cairn Technology, Ruth’s sales territory covers London and the much of the South […]
Are you aiming to reach Net Zero with the medical devices that you use in your hospital? Do you know that you can cut costs, waste and carbon emissions with Stille’s handcrafted surgical instruments? Swedish surgical instrument brand, Stille, is renowned for its durability, precision and handling. In fact, Stille is so sure of the […]
If you are looking for instrument baskets for your sterile services department, it can be difficult to discern the quality of one brand from another. So we were very pleased to become a distributor for a brand that is manufactured to a high standard by a company which is deeply conscious of the environmental impact […]
Sales of Stille surgical instruments rocketed for Cairn Technology in 2024, up by over 70% on the previous 12-month period. The handmade instruments are becoming a much more established and well-know brand amongst consultant surgeons in the UK who are looking for high performance instrumentation that will last for at least 30 years of service. […]
Medical product and service supplier to the NHS and private hospitals, Cairn Technology, has completed its Carbon Reduction Plan for its base year, 2023. Although 2023 is the first year that the company has actively calculated its carbon emissions, it already has an ethos of trying to minimise its impact on the environment. This has […]
As healthcare settings are moving away from plaster of Paris products to synthetic products there is an increased risk to staff exposure to diisocyanates, which are present in the resins and other products used within departments such as fracture clinics and prosthetic laboratories. The British Orthopaedic Association (BOA) has adopted guidance from the European Union […]
Cairn Technology’s staff got creative in the kitchen this October and magicked up some amazing Halloween treats for a freaky fundraising fuddle. All monies raised went to the Children’s Heart Surgery Fund (CHSF), taking Cairn Technology to a fundraising total of over £3,800 since starting to donate in November 2021. We are very proud to […]
Cardiothoracic instruments need to be precise, durable and easy to handle in order to provide the consultant cardiothoracic surgeon with optimum support. Here, we look at four good reasons to invest in Stille’s offering: 1. Cardiothoracic scissors that provide the ultimate cut Stille made the original SuperCut scissors combining one knife blade and one scissor […]