Medstor, known for its innovative approach to designing stylish, efficient healthcare storage solutions, that also support hospital infection control measures, has recently finished work at the impressive new Queen Elizabeth University Hospital and Royal Hospital for Children. Being part of Scotland’s biggest hospital building project was both a privilege and a challenge - delivering to a very busy building site in 40ft lorries and ensuring everything got to the right place at the right time was no mean feat, but Medstor completed its work on the site in just three months from initial surveys to final installation.
The site in Govan houses maternity, children’s and adult acute hospitals and laboratory services, all together on one campus. It has the biggest Critical Care complex and one of the biggest Emergency Departments in Scotland. MedStor holds the contract with NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, of which the new hospital is part, to provide HTM 71 storage solutions for clinical areas in all its hospitals, so right from its inception, the new campus was designed with modular furniture in mind.
Medstor was tasked with providing the foundation for materials management solutions throughout the hospital, supporting the lean stockholding system that would help to minimise waste and maximise storage across all departments. Medstor provided the liners, trays and dividers for medical consumable cabinets throughout the new site and, with its partner, Metro, the racking systems serving the operating theatres.
Medstor’s liners, trays and dividers allow cabinet space to be maximised – storing more products, more efficiently, in less space. This is achieved through making the absolute most of what space there is available, ensuring product protection and segregation, and avoiding stockouts by supporting the hospital’s own IT system to show stock shortages immediately. Everything in the Medstor range is designed with infection control in mind, supporting the hospital’s hygiene routine. The entire storage and distribution process is complemented by Medstor’s unique colour-coded identification system, which uses coloured cards to make it easier to locate items. The system has been adopted by hospitals throughout NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and is proving popular across the whole of Scotland.
Medstor is an official distributor of the popular Metro Toptrack mobile storage system. Toptrack is designed to maximise storage within limited floor space areas, with smooth, snag-free construction and good airflow, allowing products to be stored as safely as possible – any tears in sterile packs mean the contents have to be resterilised or discarded, resulting in the delay or even cancellation of an operation. The shelving operates on a floor-mounted track system, so can be moved easily around the clean area, reducing handling and the accompanying risk of compromising equipment.
The storage solutions Medstor has provided for the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital and Royal Hospital for Children are typical of the highly effective products it designs for healthcare facilities throughout the world. Every element of each racking system or cabinet has beautifully simple, clean, sleek lines that not only complement the theatre or ward design but offer increased storage capacity, better cost efficiency through improved stock control, and dramatically enhanced infection control. As everything made by Medstor is designed and built in-house in the UK, quality is controlled from start to finish, with a dedicated team working to guarantee the most successful and aesthetic utilisation of space.
