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No? Well, here is the scoop: CoreSTOR patient server, from Spacesaver, is designed to put 80% of the most frequently used supplies for patient care 10 steps from the bedside.
No need to bother the patients - CoreSTOR extends fully outside the room for easy access to stock patient care supplies. From there those items are available inside the patient room. All the stuff you need is within sight and reach – just steps from the bedside.
Plus, you get to design the type of storage that you need, using 4-Post shelving, FrameWRX storage systems, and EZ Rail. You can also add accessories such as shelves, bins, hooks and pegs, to meet today’s needs, and switch them around to adapt to tomorrow’s changes.
But we aren’t the only ones talking about it. CoreSTOR just won awards in three different categories (Architects Choice, Most Innovative, and Best in Show) at The 2010 HealthCare Facilities Symposium & Expo. You can read more news about this here.
If you would like to see more healthcare storage ideas, check out Spacesaver’s Healthcare Storage Solutions page.
What is 34' high, 36' wide and moves side to side?
First hint is below with more to come later.
Today all types of organizations are going “paperless”, and freedom from paper can be a powerful thing. But then there’s all of that other stuff – the stuff that is essential to our day in and day out tasks. Are organizations going “stuffless” too? That doesn’t appear to be the case. Consider the stuff that Public Safety and Law Enforcement agencies have to handle. Uniforms, gear, long-arms, hand guns, supplies, evidence, property, and yes even paper files are all critical to their sworn duty to protect and serve.
In Florida, Martin County Sheriff’s Office and Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office are two agencies that can attest to the problems that stuff creates. Due to population growth and extended responsibilities, they both have faced unique space and storage related challenges. As the Stuff Experts, we set out to do our own detective work into these issues. By investigating the needs of each agency, we were able to identify a combination of several products that fit the description of the solutions needed. Installing high-density mobile shelving, static shelving, bi-files, weapons racks, pistol racks, rollok doors, garment rods, evidence lockers, work benches and drawer systems were a part of the necessary actions taken. Both agencies were able to consolidate their storage needs, which allowed them to store more in a given space (such as the warehouse), or use the saved space for other purposes (such as the warrants area). But there was more than just significant space savings. For example, Palm Beach County was able to secure everything in their armory by using rollok doors, while Martin County helped solidify the chain of custody of their evidence with pass-through evidence lockers. Purchasing departments and records areas benefitted, too.
As is often the case, stuff can be difficult to apprehend. For these two agencies, the case of the stuff storage problem was solved by deploying a multiple product approach. The need for building expansion was pushed back for years by using high-density storage. Productivity increased by having stuff conveniently stored and easy to find. No, they didn’t become “stuffless”, but their storage rooms are now roomier, their space is put to better use and the stuff they do have is stowed away, organized and well protected.
In Florida, Martin County Sheriff’s Office and Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office are two agencies that can attest to the problems that stuff creates. Due to population growth and extended responsibilities, they both have faced unique space and storage related challenges. As the Stuff Experts, we set out to do our own detective work into these issues. By investigating the needs of each agency, we were able to identify a combination of several products that fit the description of the solutions needed. Installing high-density mobile shelving, static shelving, bi-files, weapons racks, pistol racks, rollok doors, garment rods, evidence lockers, work benches and drawer systems were a part of the necessary actions taken. Both agencies were able to consolidate their storage needs, which allowed them to store more in a given space (such as the warehouse), or use the saved space for other purposes (such as the warrants area). But there was more than just significant space savings. For example, Palm Beach County was able to secure everything in their armory by using rollok doors, while Martin County helped solidify the chain of custody of their evidence with pass-through evidence lockers. Purchasing departments and records areas benefitted, too.
As is often the case, stuff can be difficult to apprehend. For these two agencies, the case of the stuff storage problem was solved by deploying a multiple product approach. The need for building expansion was pushed back for years by using high-density storage. Productivity increased by having stuff conveniently stored and easy to find. No, they didn’t become “stuffless”, but their storage rooms are now roomier, their space is put to better use and the stuff they do have is stowed away, organized and well protected.
When it comes to storing evidence, there is a lot of stuff to plan for - weapons, stolen property, narcotics, money, biological evidence, and more. The value of this evidence diminishes if it is not properly stored and tracked.
Here are six tips for planning Evidence Room storage:
For more information on Evidence Storage check out Spacesaver's Public Safety Storage Solutions site.
Here are six tips for planning Evidence Room storage:
- Conduct site visits to other police agencies, and learn from their experiences - see what others with similar situations are doing and ask how it’s working for them. A lot can be learned from the successes and failures of others.
- Place evidence lockers so they can be conveniently accessed from within the Report Writing Room - typically evidence is tagged and packaged in a Report Writing Room, so it is beneficial for the evidence lockers to be in there, too.
- Build “pass through” lockers into the common wall between the Report Writing Room and the Property Room - this helps protect the chain of custody of the evidence.
- Avoid standard lockers that have simple “gravity” locks - these types of lockers can be breached, making it easier for the evidence to be tampered with.
- Vary the size of openings within the evidence lockers - evidence, like most stuff, comes in all shapes and sizes so it is important to have lockers with a variety of compartment sizes.
- Specify a woven wire gate on the property room side of the locker - this improves visibility to see if anything is in the lockers.
For more information on Evidence Storage check out Spacesaver's Public Safety Storage Solutions site.
Indiana Jones: “Snakes. Why'd it have to be snakes?”
Sallah: “Asps... very dangerous. You go first.”
Remember that classic exchange from Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark? Yet despite all of the snakes stored at the Virginia Museum of Natural History (they have more than 10,300 cataloged specimens of amphibians and reptiles), you can bet that an Archeologist like Indy would love to explore all of the collections there. We recently had an opportunity to do just that. The museum, located in Martinsville, Virginia, is home to a collection of more than 10 million items (and growing). These items collected locally and from around the globe, provide the basis for in-house, national and international study. Research at the museum is focused on Invertebrate Paleontology, Vertebrate Paleontology, Recent Invertebrates, Archaeology, Mammalogy, Marine Science and Geology. Specimens in these collections are stored in special conditions to reduce damage caused by fluctuations and extremes in temperature and humidity. Most of these specimens are susceptible to deterioration caused by extended exposure to light. For these reasons (along with space conservation and item accessibility factors), a number of special considerations were taken in the design of the storage systems required for these collections. Spread out over several rooms within the museum, Spacesaver powered high-density mobile storage systems allow the museum to continue adding to their collections without expanding their storage areas. These powered mobile systems include synchronized drive systems designed for smooth acceleration and deceleration of the carriages to minimize vibration and jarring. On several of these systems, special toe kicks were installed on the bottom of the end panels to enable curators to open aisles in the system - even if their hands are full. Delta Designs Museum Cabinets are prevalent on many of the mobile storage systems. These museum-grade cabinets help protect against light and other environmental hazards and can be configured to store items of all shapes and sizes. Wide span shelving is used in several areas to store over-sized items such as geological samples, fossils and mammal specimens. Other unique design features include storage shelving that has perforated shelves that facilitate air flow and the flow of fire suppressant agents in the event of a jar breakage. Some of the shelving has clear plastic shelf fronts to protect jars and small specimen vials. There are also smooth-gliding roll-out trays and drawers for organizing and protecting small finds. Powered high-density mobile shelving can also be found in the museum’s library which houses over 7,000 titles in a collection which includes books, journals, and magazines.
Indiana Jones: "Take this. Wave it at anything that slithers."
In the end, we didn’t need torches to wave around at any snakes during our expedition, but we did get to see a lot of neat stuff while we were there. You can see photos from our tour below. If you would like to learn more about the Virginia Museum of Natural History visit their website. For more information on Spacesaver museum storage solutions click here.
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