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Ekahau (News - Alert) Inc., provider of Wi-Fi-based Real TimeLocation Systems (RTLS), has teamed with AT4 wireless to track nursing staff and equipment at the Hospital Alta Resolucion (Benalmadena) in Southern Spain.

 

The hospital, which already has an advanced Wi-Fi network from Cisco (News - Alert) Systems, makes use of AT4 wireless and its integrated RFID solutions to track staff and equipment.

 

AT4 wireless has selected Ekahau as their partner, and deployed the Ekahau RTLS solution, including the Ekahau Positioning Engine and T301 tags, across the hospital campus. The collaboration led to a highly effective tracking solution for controlling the movements of valuable portable medical equipment.

 

The hospital administration required staff to carry wireless tags with a panic button, which when pressed, sends an alarm SMS direct to the hospital's security center prompting immediate response direct to the scene of the emergency.

 

"After some smaller pilot deployments, this was our first larger scale project with Ekahau and it went very well," said Juan Gonzalez, RTLS project leader of the Engineering and Solutions Division at AT4 wireless. "Ekahau staff provided excellent support and training, as well as help during the implementation phase."

 

 

"This hospital deployment is a very good example of the Ekahau advantage, to be able to deploy a multi-purpose RTLS system over an existing enterprise Wi-Fi network, with a short deployment time and without any additional infrastructure installations," said Jarmo Ikonen, Ekahau's director of Sales.

 

 

 

 

 

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