Healthcare security applications - Case studies

The Kirchberg area of Luxembourg is a district which is home to a lot of modern architecture.  The administration of the European Union, the European Parliament, the European Court of Justice and, naturally, all major international banks haves modern administrative buildings here.  Luxembourg architecture firm m3 architectes s.a. has built a masterpiece of innovative architecture which is geared towards individuals and their needs in this prestigious location in the form of the new Kir...

When Great Ormond Street hospital needed to refurbish the existing entrance doors, Alpro stepped in with a pleasing aesthetic solution which was not only cost effective but was an 'off the shelf solution' ensuring no delays to the contactors were incurred, thus ensuring no disruption to the vital work the hospital carries out on a daily basis.Alpro supplied the ES8000 series V lock which overcomes the problems of alignment with double swing doors.  The unit further eliminates the need and cost o...

MissionLife Brenthurst Clinic in Johannesburg, South Africa needed to modernise its video surveillance system.  As with similar facilities throughout the city, petty crime and instances of low productivity stemming from people evading responsibility needed to be managed, and Life Brenthurst Clinic was determined to be at the forefront in excellent service delivery.  An existing analogue CCTV system, when it did reveal incidents, delivered such poor image quality that it was useless for...

The Bielefeld Mitte City Hospital, with its two sites at Centre and at Rosenhöhe, is the largest acute care hospital in Bielefeld and the surrounding area.  Equipped with a range of special disciplines, unique in east Westfalia-Lippe, it is essential to the healthcare of the people in the region.  The 17 clinics and institutes within the facility are highly specialised and provide a high level of medical care.  Some 2,000 people work in the various areas of the facility, whic...

MissionThe Maas Hospital in Boxmeer in The Netherlands gives parents the opportunity to keep an eye on their child being cared for in the incubator, over the Internet, thanks to Axis network cameras.SolutionJ&K Automatisering, a company based in Oploo and a partner of Axis, advised the Maas Hospital to opt for a user-friendly application based on Axis network cameras.  This solution is practical and nurse-proof.  The monitoring system is simple to operate, with few commands and lit...

When technology giant Olympus Osyris developed in conjunction with the UK National Health Service an integrated suite of component modules for improving blood transfusion safety, they turned to Alpro to provide electronic locking to store and track the units of blood.The system known as "Bloodtrak" ensures the right blood is given to the right patient and has been proven in hospitals around the world.  Each fridge and blood safe is locked by an Alpro cabinet lock and each hospital...

A charity that flies needy and vulnerable people for medical purposes is using dome cameras from Rainbow at a facility within Houston Hobby Airport.  Angel Flight South Central helps patients who do not have access to conventional transport or who are too ill to be driven or fly on a commercial service.  Private pilots volunteer their planes and time to take people from their local airstrip to hospitals and clinics in other cities, often combining in relays so that a journey of thousan...

MissionThe Institute for Children's Emergency Surgery and Traumatology in Moscow needed cutting-edge technology solutions for its new surgery ward to provide improved medical care to children with serious injuries and in need of emergency medical care, as well as to secure the hospital premises with a reliable video surveillance system.SolutionTo address its needs, the hospital decided to install network video surveillance systems for both medical and security purposes.  Axis network camera...

In the Am Bachgraben retirement home in Allschwil and Schönenbuch (AZB), Interflex AG uses an extensive online and offline security solution for both time & attendance recording and staff rostering as well as to provide efficient access control for residents and staff alike.  Attendance time recording and rostering is handled perfectly for all employees.  A LEGIC badge is used as the ID medium for both residents and staff.  Two hundred residents are accommodated at the re...

When you have over 2,500 employees, 70 separate premises and demanding security requirements, providing effective access control is a significant challenge.  And this is exactly the challenge that the East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust (EMAS) was recently facing.  Using products from the versatile Bewator Entro 5 range, however, specialist security installer, Presec Systems Ltd, was able to develop and implement a solution that is cost-effective, convenient and versatile.EMAS ha...

Sharp Healthcare is San Diego's most comprehensive health care delivery system, comprising more than 1,800 licensed beds and 2,500 physicians.  Its wide network of hospitals, medical groups, nursing facilities, and community health centres, offer a full range of integrated care to approximately 3 million area residents.The ChallengeTo provide faster and easier access to resources through biometrics, single sign-on, and context management, while helping ensure greater patient security an...

The administrative district of Reutlingen, Germany, runs the Kreiskliniken Reutlingen GmbH with hospitals in Reutlingen, Bad Urach and Muensingen.  At the beginning of 2005, the newly built Albklinik Muensingen was formally opened.  The clinic, geographically located at the Middle Alb, has 105 beds with main wards for surgery, internal medicine, anaesthesia and gynaecology.The top priority for the personnel at the clinic is to make the stay at the hospital as comfortable as possible fo...

Stafford General Hospital selected Axis Communications for the provision of network cameras and video servers in order to extend and update its surveillance system.  The selection of a networked surveillance solution rather than a traditional analogue-based Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) system saved the hospital more than £42,000 in installation costs alone.A total of five Axis video servers have been deployed to enable 14 existing analogue cameras to be attached to the network.&nb...

First Security, the Number One manned guarding company in the City, has added to its reputation for protecting historic buildings and their contents, by securing the contract for the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) - one of the oldest medical institutions in England.The RCP was originally created by Royal Charter of King Henry VIII in 1518, and since that time has engaged in a wide range of activities dedicated to its overall aim of upholding and improving standards of medical practice. ...

"The camera performed so well that after a few weeks, we decided to acquire the AXIS 210 permanently," recalls Filip de Belser, system manager for Salvator-St. Ursula hospital. Premature babies sometimes stay in a hospital's neonatal department for a number of months.  For parents who live some distance from the hospital or those who need to return to work, not being able to be with their child all the time can bring on feelings of guilt and difficulty in picking up the thread...

If you're the subject of a 999 emergency call to the ambulance service in Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, or Suffolk you can expect one of 100-plus frontline vehicles operated by the East Anglian Ambulance NHS Trust (EAAT) to come to your aid in double-quick time.  But the Trust also has a duty of care to its staff.  Around the clock, 24/7 staff at the Trust's new Norwich control centre respond to thousands of 999 and other calls.  Not before time, a new CCTV system now allows their move...