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Plant room and services

Practice Utilities

This is the equipment behind the walls rather than in front of the patient, medical air compressors and central suction feeding every room on the same circuit, backup power and surge protection keeping an autoclave or analyser from a dead stop mid-cycle, water treatment ahead of a laboratory bench, and the piped gas, regulators and flowmeters a theatre or ward depends on. It is also the category most often underbudgeted. Across Jodroc's own theatre installation figures, services behind the walls typically account for roughly a quarter of a full theatre fit-out cost, not the equipment standing in the room.

Practice Utilities product lines

12 lines stocked in this category, each with its own page and pricing on request.

Medical air compressorsCentral suction systemsWater treatment & RO unitsBackup power & UPSPiped gas & outletsOxygen cylindersFlowmeters & humidifiersMedical gas regulatorsExtraction & ventilationWaste & drainage fittingsPatient & stretcher liftsSurge protection

Jodroc groups this category under Plant room and services when specifying a whole space. See the full catalogue by room →

Common questions

Why does a clinic need backup power if it already has mains electricity?

An autoclave cycle, an analyser run or a ventilator does not restart cleanly from a power cut partway through. Backup power and surge protection are specified to keep that equipment running through an outage or at minimum to protect it from the surge when power returns.

What services does a theatre need beyond the equipment standing in the room?

Piped medical gas and outlets, a central suction system, water treatment, and backup power are typically needed before the operating table or theatre lights are installed, and Jodroc's figures put this behind-the-walls work at roughly a quarter of a full theatre fit-out cost.

Does Jodroc supply central suction systems for a whole building, or only single units?

Both. A central suction system can be specified to serve multiple rooms on one circuit, or a single suction unit can be supplied for one room, depending on the size of the facility.

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