San-I-Pak’s waste treatment systems enable hospitals to greatly reduce their carbon footprint by treating medical waste on site. But this kind of waste treatment requires that strict protocols be followed and reported accurately to regulatory agencies. San-I-Pak built San-I-Pak Net™ using AVEVA™ System Platform, which allows hospitals to provide safe, accurate, remote access to these records and reports, as well as enables operators to troubleshoot units from any location.
San-I-Pak Net™ now allows us to troubleshoot, diagnose, and fix any issues remotely. So, instead of having a guy, one of our service techs, fly out to New York, Florida, anywhere in the country—or the world—we can basically fix the issue within minutes.
—Roman Flores, President and CFO,
San-I-Pak World Health Systems
Giving hospitals the ability to do everything on site removes the need for outside vendors, which helps hospitals greatly reduce their carbon footprint. This on-site waste treatment also means hospitals can save a significant amount of money—thousands of dollars a day—by not having to ship this waste elsewhere. San-I-Pak’s data infrastructure helps its customers get up and running as soon as possible, so they can focus on the important work they do.
Challenges
- Regulatory agencies require that all equipment for onsite medical waste treatment include detailed reports
- Needed a way to troubleshoot equipment issues in a more cost-effective way
Solution
- Developed a data platform built on AVEVA™ System Platform to troubleshoot units remotely and, together with AVEVA™ Reports for Operations, used this platform to generate, store, and access regulatory reports in the cloud
Results
- Hospitals can easily share cycle reports with regulatory agencies
- Operators connect to units remotely for troubleshooting and solving equipment issues, reducing operational costs
- Hospitals can treat medical waste on site, avoiding the carbon emissions of transporting waste off site for treatment
- Treated waste can be sent to a waste-to-energy plant to be converted into energy or fuel, reducing hospitals’ carbon footprint even further
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