The existing security installation at the hospital consisted of a variety of different locking systems, including a cylinder lock master key system and numerous key code locks fitted to most of the wards.
However, this was inflexible and did not give the level of security the hospital wanted.
It was replaced with a modern electronic access system that could provide full audit trail information and control of staff movement.
Said John Crummock, sales director of Vidsec: “To achieve this, a highly secure and flexible access control system has been designed using off-line XS4 locks and a mix of on line wall reader units, utilising the Salto Virtual Network . This has provided built in growth capability for the hospital’s future security and access control requirements.”
The XS4 locks read, receive and write information via the hospital’s staff ID cards. Since most access related information is kept encrypted on these cards, the wall readers are able to update and receive information from the cards at any time.
It is said to provide 90 per cent of the benefits of a fully on line access control system at the cost of a stand alone system.
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