Surge Protection for Healthcare Facilities

Healthcare facilities are jumping into the digital age head first. What once were cabinets filled with patient files and doctor's charts are now patient databases on servers while pagers have been replaced with personal PDA's and digital telephones. In fact, most family practitioners have computers in each examining room. This leap into digital technology makes the medical community vulnerable to lightning and associated surges or transients. From high tech imaging machines to patient check-in stations, all operate on a vast network infrastructure which must be able to communicate on a constant basis.

Wide Area Networks (WANs) and wireless communications are imperative in healthcare facilities today. The ability to locate a physician, transfer medical documents, and download patient history on demand is first and foremost. With such time sensitive materials, confidence in your network shouldn't be questioned.

Highly sensitive equipment such as MRIs, CT Scans, PET Scans, Digital X-Rays and Mammography machines simply cannot tolerate voltage spikes and swells caused by transients. Lightning is only a small contributor to these transient spikes. Most transients are derived from within the facility itself via the switching on and off of large machinery, or even the elevators. Atlantic Scientific has developed products specifically for the medical industry to protect your equipment from devasting transient surges and equipment downtime.

Applications

• Wireless Products
• Network Products
• Industrial Products
• Medical Products
• ITS