CEM's security management system boosts patient and staff security at a Saudi Arabian hospital

CEM AC2000 SE was installed to secure the hospital and to keep staff, visitors and patients safe

The dedicated university hospital which opened in Saudi Arabia in 1982 provides 800 patient beds, over 20 operating rooms and fully equipped and staffed laboratories. The university hospital contains a special outpatient building and provides primary and secondary care services for Saudi patients. CEM AC2000 SE (Standard Edition) security management system was installed to secure the hospital and to keep staff, visitors and patients safe. The contract was awarded to CEM Approved Reseller, Best InfoTech Solutions.

AC2000 SE software applications

The CEM AC2000 SE system offers King Khalid University Hospital a powerful and fully integrated security management system. CEM AC2000 SE software offers an unparalleled range of security applications that enhance security and customer operations including AC2000 AED (Alarm Event Display) and AC2000 VIPPS (Visual Imaging and Pass Production System).

AC2000 Alarm Event Display (AED) is an integrated alarm processing application that provides a dynamic graphical representation of all system events. AED enables King Khalid University Hospital to view a graphical and text representation of the status of their entire AC2000 system. Therefore if a door is forced at an access point such as the pharmacy, an alarm will trigger on the AED screen, allowing hospital security to respond quickly to the event.

AC2000 VIPPS allows security personnel at the hospital to produce permanent and temporary ID Badges for medical staff, intern students, residents and other individuals who may access the building regularly. The hospital can personalise these badges by including their own logo, background image and badge text fields.

AC2000 ‘Access Levels’ application also allows security personnel to link cardholders to access groups e.g. resident doctors may be in a higher access group to first year medical students, allowing them access to certain areas in the hospital, such as the pharmacy.

King Khalid University Hospital also chose CEM EtherProx readers to secure doors throughout the building

Integration

CEM AC2000 system acts as the central security management system supporting high levels of integration and providing one central command and control interface for access control, video, King Khalid University Hospital has integrated the AC2000 SE system with the fire alarm system to control all the hospital emergency exits. This integration increases the hospitals efficiency as it will release the doors automatically for evacuation, intrusion, fire, perimeter detection etc.

CEM hardware

The King Khalid University Hospital installation utilised CEM eDCM 300 (Intelligent two-door controllers). The DCM 300 controllers are designed to interface third-party read heads with the AC2000 system and feature an internal database, which stores cardholder records at the door. This means that even if communication is temporarily lost between the DCM 300 controller and the AC2000 SE server, the controller will continue to validate cards ensuring a zero system downtime policy.

King Khalid University Hospital also chose CEM EtherProx readersto secure doors throughout the building. The Etherprox is the industry’s smallest Ethernet card reader with integrated keypad, LCD display and internal database giving off-line validation and intelligent decision-making at the point of entry, even when host communications are not available.

Patients and staff can feel secure in their surroundings knowing the hospital is secured with the industry-renowned AC2000 SE security management system.