31 Oct 2012
Introduction
CHU Annonay is a public hospital in Annonay based in the Rhône-Alpes region of France. Founded in 1686, this large hospital has over 1500 staff and caters for nearly 500 patients with a range of different needs; it also includes a nursing school.
The Brief
Over the last few years, the hospital has carried out a gradual program of upgrading its security and access control. As part of the upgrade, the hospital wished to retain its existing locks and cylinders in order to reduce replacement costs. The administration needed a flexible upgradeable system capable of meeting their growing and changing needs and for providing secured access to several buildings, including the hospital itself, two retirement homes and the nurses' school. Having compared several solutions the PegaSys system was chosen because of its best fit with their key requirements of low installation costs and maximum ability to upgrade in the future without having to worry about providing wiring to individual doors.
The Solution
In 2006 Ingersoll Rand’s PegaSys system was installed on a small number of doors and the hospital was very pleased with the results. Since then they have expanded the system to provide greater security to the secretarial offices and patients’ files in order to improve confidentiality.
By incorporating online validators into the system the hospital administrators are able to control access rights without the need to programme badges individually at the front desk.
The system currently covers 64 doors, 3 buildings and 4 car parks, but future expansion plans will see the system installed on 2 further buildings. Current plans will increase the system scope to 100 doors, but the system is capable of being expanded to incorporate up to 65,000 doors.
PegaSys provides an instant and economical way to upgrade mechanical doors into electronically controlled access. It is an easy to manage system designed for facility managers looking to improve security, and the control they have over their premises, but who are unable to commit to a significant investment or do not want the
inconvenience of having to replace existing doors.
The system has been designed to reduce the time and level of expertise required to manage it, without compromising functionality, flexibility,control or security. To achieve this, users are able to select a level of complexity to suit their environment and access control needs. Importantly, it allows them to expand the system
to suit changing requirements.
To further reduce cost and inconvenience, the PegaSys system is able to support existing technologies and credentials so that it can be easily incorporated into sites that already have systems using Mifare Classic or Legic.
At Annonay the hospital has been able to retain its existing locks and cylinders and can expand the system as needs change and the infrastructure grows. With potentially five buildings and over 1000 doors in total, the PegaSys system can be rolled out to provide a safe and efficient access control system protecting the hospital employees as well as patients, visitors and temporary on-site contractors.
M Auternaud, Hospital Senior Technical Services Engineer for access control, comments "The flexibility of the PegaSys system is extremely important to us. We can cost-effectively extend the system to new doors without needing any new wiring and without having to replace existing doors and cylinders."
CHU Annonay is a public hospital in Annonay based in the Rhône-Alpes region of France. Founded in 1686, this large hospital has over 1500 staff and caters for nearly 500 patients with a range of different needs; it also includes a nursing school.
The Brief
Over the last few years, the hospital has carried out a gradual program of upgrading its security and access control. As part of the upgrade, the hospital wished to retain its existing locks and cylinders in order to reduce replacement costs. The administration needed a flexible upgradeable system capable of meeting their growing and changing needs and for providing secured access to several buildings, including the hospital itself, two retirement homes and the nurses' school. Having compared several solutions the PegaSys system was chosen because of its best fit with their key requirements of low installation costs and maximum ability to upgrade in the future without having to worry about providing wiring to individual doors.
The Solution
In 2006 Ingersoll Rand’s PegaSys system was installed on a small number of doors and the hospital was very pleased with the results. Since then they have expanded the system to provide greater security to the secretarial offices and patients’ files in order to improve confidentiality.
By incorporating online validators into the system the hospital administrators are able to control access rights without the need to programme badges individually at the front desk.
The system currently covers 64 doors, 3 buildings and 4 car parks, but future expansion plans will see the system installed on 2 further buildings. Current plans will increase the system scope to 100 doors, but the system is capable of being expanded to incorporate up to 65,000 doors.
PegaSys provides an instant and economical way to upgrade mechanical doors into electronically controlled access. It is an easy to manage system designed for facility managers looking to improve security, and the control they have over their premises, but who are unable to commit to a significant investment or do not want the
inconvenience of having to replace existing doors.
| PegaSys provides an economical way to upgrade mechanical doors into electronically controlled access |
to suit changing requirements.
To further reduce cost and inconvenience, the PegaSys system is able to support existing technologies and credentials so that it can be easily incorporated into sites that already have systems using Mifare Classic or Legic.
At Annonay the hospital has been able to retain its existing locks and cylinders and can expand the system as needs change and the infrastructure grows. With potentially five buildings and over 1000 doors in total, the PegaSys system can be rolled out to provide a safe and efficient access control system protecting the hospital employees as well as patients, visitors and temporary on-site contractors.
M Auternaud, Hospital Senior Technical Services Engineer for access control, comments "The flexibility of the PegaSys system is extremely important to us. We can cost-effectively extend the system to new doors without needing any new wiring and without having to replace existing doors and cylinders."