Cantonal Hospital of St.Gallen

Cantonal hospital St.Gallen is a specialised, cross-regional medical centre covering eastern Switzerland. It provides basic care in the St.Gallen, Rorschach and Flawil region. The hospital participates actively in pioneering research projects and also carries out extensive teaching work. Due to this wide range of activities, the hospital employs a workforce of over 5,000 across many different fields – making it one of the biggest employers in eastern Switzerland. A new locker system has been introduced for the healthcare staff that meets the employees’ and employer’s efficiency requirements.

There were a number of reasons why the Kantonsspital St. Gallen management decided to completely revamp the locker system at the hospital. However, one factor that was definitely especially important was the constantly growing number of lockers that were required due to the increase in part-time and/or cross-site employees. The chosen solution was to integrate an electronic lock system into the standard lockers from Lista Office LO. The lock system that was installed at Kantonsspital St. Gallen was produced by the company GANTNER Electronic and opens up a wide range of options.

Each employee has unrestricted access to one locker as well as time-limited access to one additional locker while they are on duty. The same badge also allows employees to access shared team storage space.

The lockers with electronic locks offer additional benefits:

• No more complex key management or lost keys
• Permanent LED status display on lockers and in walkways
• Real-time occupancy overview and analysis reports
• Audio and visual alarm function on lockers and network
• Vandal-proof
• Streamlined design with fully concealed lock

The lockers in the changing area at Kantonsspital St. Gallen ensure optimum “flow” in the everyday work of the healthcare staff. The standard lockers were customised with a lock system produced by the company GANTNER Electronic.