Hygienic storage of hospital items

Storage
Order Picking
Handling & Automation
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Case Study 033
Hospital Logistics
H Y G I E N I C S T O R A G E O F H O S P I TA L I T E M S
The Customer
The central hospital in Karlstad serves the whole county of Värmland in
Sweden. The hospital has 3,200 employees, and they have about 600 patient
beds and serve approximately 350,000 patients per year, including emergency visits. Their premises cover around 147,000 m² in total.
Further Information:
www.kardex-remstar.com
Task definition
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The hospital extended their premises in 2010 to make their internal logistics smarter and
more efficient. They concluded that the nurses needed roughly four hours per shift to pick
and distribute items like gloves, injection materials, linen, etc. They also wanted to reduce
the amount of stored items, which means capital bound in stock.
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Solution
In close cooperation with Kardex Remstar, the optimal solution was defined: one Kardex Shuttle XP 500.
The 25 m high storage solution has 5 access openings with LED pointers on each of the five floors.
The unit was built in the middle of the new building. It is equipped with 125 trays and dividers in
stainless steel for hygienic reasons. 10 location sizes for the different sizes of goods were defined
and each stored item is allocated to a specific location size. Kardex Remstar also delivered the whole
IT infrastructure, which is now integrated in the hospitals ERP. Also, 100% operational security is
granted due to two backup PCs.
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Advantages at a glance
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Process description
– More time for patients: Nurses save 75% of their time
We would be delighted to explain
– More space: The same amount of goods on only 10% of
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the floor space giving space for 4-5 more patients per floor
person.
– No picking errors: due to „pick-to-light“ operator prompting
and handheld devices
– More liquid money: Reduced capital bound in stock by 90%
– More security: with 2 cold standby/backup PCs
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Scope of delivery
– 1 Shuttle XP 500 (W x D x H: 2,450 x 813 x 25,000 mm)
– 125 trays, hygienic dividers
– Handheld devices
– LED pointers on each floor
– Warehouse management software from Kardex Remstar
integrated to customers ERP, 2 standby/backup PCs
Further Information:
www.kardex-remstar.com