Texas Children's Hospital engineers "perfect" workbench solution
with technical electronic benches from Lista
Houston, TX / Bio-Medical Engineering Department
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Texas Children's Hospital, located in Houston's Texas Medical Center, is the largest pediatric hospital in the United States. In 2001 the torrential rains of Tropical Storm Allison devastated the Medical Center, flooding the basement at TCH where the Bio-Medical Engineering Department was located. More than $1 million worth of medical equipment was ruined, and the department's casework benches were beyond repair. The Bio-Medical Engineering Department had to completely rebuild itself in its new location on higher ground, the 5th and 6th floors of TCH's Abercrombie Building. | |
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TCH's bio-medical engineering department, the nation's largest, is responsible for the maintenance and repair of the hospital's extensive inventory of high-tech medical equipment. The department decided to use the loss as an opportunity to upgrade its workbenches. In particular, the department was looking for pre-manufactured benches that would offer greater flexibility than the benches ruined by the flood waters | |
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Although TCH looked at benches from a number of manufacturers, "when you put the others next to the Lista bench, you could see and feel the difference in quality," noted John Weimert, the department's assistant director. "Lista was so far ahead of the other vendors it made the decision easy."
TCH purchased 50 Lista technical electronic workbenches with the Nexus accessory system, each paired with a mobile drawer storage cabinet. Weimert's specifications were exacting, and Lista rose to the challenge with a customized solution.
"Lista helped us design a bench that would fit our needs, today and into the future," Weimert said | |
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The workbenches feature plenty of integrated power sources, both built into the bench leg and above the worksurface. Although the basic design of the workbenches was standardized throughout the department, each technician was able to order the precise Nexus System accessories he or she wanted to hold their particular assortment of tools, test equipment and personal items.
The mobile storage cabinets were designed to provide an extra worksurface for technicians, yet roll under the worksurface when not in use. In addition, the cabinets' mobility allows them to be transported around the hospital for use as workstations-on-wheels when repairing large, stationary equipment.
"The Lista benches are perfect," Weimert said. "They give us a perfect mix of flexibility, customization, durability and good looks." | | |
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