PROJECT DESCRIPTION
Year: 2008
Supplier: Sumetzberger, Austria
Size: 200+ stations, more than 15.0 Km of tubes network
Project Cost: SAR0.3.0bn+
Project Completion: 2008+ (Multiple Expansions)
In hospitals, the fast, reliable supply of wards and outpatient departments with drugs is absolutely essential. Thanks to ultra-modern pneumatic tube systems from Sumetzberger, Austria. This is possible around the clock, supplying all areas without loss of time from a central pharmacy, with the dispatch taking place either manually or automatically.
The same applied to Blood banks, Laboratories, Administration offices, etc. connection the whole hospital facilities with a network of pneumatic tubes system with a complex relay or connecting and end stations operated by RFID technology.
Not only routine medicines, but controlled and hazardous drugs are sent using Sumetzberger pneumatic tube systems worldwide. As a preventative and control measure, a number of high-tech security mechanisms have been developed to restrict access to authorised personnel. Sending and receiving via restricted areas of the hospital is only possible using ID cards (MIFARE®, SKIDATA, LEGIC® etc) or numerical codes. The integration of a central pharmacy into the existing IT hospital system is also feasible. Innovative drug management software ensures that the right patient receives the right medication, at the right dosage, at the right time, on the right path.
HOSPITAL PNEUMATIC TUBE SYSTEM
Sumetzberger pneumatic tube system is an integral part of every modern hospital worldwide, developing from what was once the simple transport of blood samples, blood bags or drugs from point A to point B, to state of the art computer controlled systems. These computer controlled pneumatic tube systems provide safe transfer points to both nursing/medical staff and to fully automated laboratory lines and pharmacies, ensuring each processing step is monitored and logged in real time.
PROJECT TAEM:
Abdul Rasheed Al-Turkistani, PhD, Lead Lab., KFSH&RC.
Eng. Omar Al Shuwaier, Lead Engineering, KFSH&RC.
Eng. Mike Küpper, Lead Supplier, Austria.
Prof. Ing. Andreas Wolf , Lead Installation, Austria.
Shawkatt Raghib, MD, Program Lead.
Eng. Hadi Al Osh, Lead Site Engineer.
Eng. Waseem Al-Mashharawi, Site Manager.
Eng. Mohammed Salem, Site Engineer.
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