COVID-19 – A Letter From Our President
Contactless Package Delivery with Luxer One Lockers
With our automated smart lockers, you can practice social distancing, while providing your customers, residents, and students with a secure, and hands off way to receive packages and orders
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Medical Storage on the USNS Comfort
Storing Sterile Supplies and Pharmaceuticals Aboard a Navy Hospital Ship
The USNS Comfort is a 1000 bed hospital ship that has been deployed on humanitarian missions around the globe. It recently docked in Manhattan to help relieve New York City’s overburdened healthcare system during the COVID-19 crisis, and Spacesaver high density systems are playing a crucial role in keeping the ship’s pharmacy and sterile supply storage areas organized and safe.
Although the Comfort is a massive ship, the interior storage space is limited. As with any hospital, areas that are taken up by storage are spaces that could be used for patient care. The safety of the crew has to be a primary consideration as well, and staff were concerned about the previous storage systems in the pharmacy and sterile storage areas.
Storage experts worked with the ship’s medical staff to design safer solutions. The new high density systems roll along carriages with anti-tip and brakes for added safety. Custom rail-locking bars at the base, along with overhead brackets attached to the tops of the shelving, allow crew to lock down an open “underway” aisle and prevent movement.
To keep stored items organized and secure, most shelves have bin fronts and dividers, and some shelves are secured with tambour doors. Stationary carriages are fitted with shelving instead of end panels to allow for quick access to frequently used items.
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High-End Golf Bag Storage
Creating a Comfortable and Convenient Guest Experience
A planned community in Florida was building a new clubhouse for one of its golf courses, and the planning team wanted to provide a convenient place for residents and their guests to store golf bags. They also wanted every aspect of the guest experience to reflect the fast-growing community’s commitment to comfort, ease, and quality.
This clubhouse used a Wheelhouse Modular Mobile storage system to optimize space and create a sleek, attractive storage area for golf bags and other gear. The new storage system holds 240 bags inside the golf cart garage near the guest entrance. The system is manually operated, and its attractive appearance reinforces the community’s high-end reputation. To prevent standing water from accumulating around the shelving, the architect designed a concrete platform that was slightly raised above the garage floor level. The shelving and dividers inside the system are reconfigurable without special tools.
Community members have been so pleased with the system’s appearance and function that they recently replaced the shelving at another nearby clubhouse with a new Spacesaver system.
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Increase Productivity in OR and Sterile Processing Departments with Vertical Storage Carousels
Labour is always on the mind of OR and Sterile Processing Department Directors. They need their staff to be as productive and accurate as possible. That means minimizing the things that can draw them away from their jobs.
A Common Misconception
Some hospitals hesitate to install a vertical carousel because they’re worried it will be difficult and take too much time to train their employees.
This is short-term thinking for a long-term solution. The workplace is focused on new technology, and employees are becoming efficient at working them into their daily jobs.
For example, years ago instrument tracking systems were new and complicated. Now, they are a standard technology used every day in sterile processing departments.
Keep Everything Organized and Centralized
Instead of static shelves that employees have to search through to find what they need, many hospitals use a storage system that keeps everything organized and centralized.
The Hänel Vertical Carousel storage system features a user-friendly interface that can be easily taught with brief lessons and a few practice uses for each employee.
User manuals are readily available, but won’t be needed. With Hänel’s inventory management software, the vertical carousel remembers where items are stored so employees don’t have to.
Quickly Get Everyone Up To Speed
Get everyone up to speed within a day or two with hands-on picking and stocking to reinforce training. Hänel’s Rotomat Vertical Carousel makes automated storage efficient and easy. It’s the ideal solution for sterile processing departments looking to improve productivity and efficiency.
