Architect and Builder Magazine South Africa May/June 2015 | Page 56

Designed to help with
the healing process of
patients, all wards are
flooded with natural light

HD cameras, ranging from one to three
megapixels varifocal cameras and Pan Tilt
Zoom (PTZs), are strategically installed
throughout the hospital. The solution operates
over the converged IP network architecture
and provides the hospital with system
flexibility. The system provides surveillance
for criminal activity and work progress.
The system is also designed to integrate
with the access control system whereby forced
access control entries and offline access
control doors are automatically monitored by
the CCTV system. Security personnel manage
the integrated system using Avigilon Control
Center network video management software
with HD Stream Management and store 30
days of footage using the combined Avigilon
network video recorder and storage solution.
By monitoring the Avigilon HD Surveillance
System live, security personal and facilities
management can act on potential break-in
or criminal acts before they happen.
Mediclinic can also save on HR-related costs

by leveraging the Avigilon HD Surveillance
System to monitor employee performance.
Physical Network Connectivity
Cat6A UTP infrastructure - in February 2008,
the Telecommunications Industry Association
(TIA) approved TIA/EIA-568-B.2-10. This
standard defines the parameters for running
10 Gigabit per second Ethernet over Augmented Category 6 UTP copper cable.
Mediclinic’s new Midstream healthcare
facility thus contains a network that is fully
compatible with both Gigabit Ethernet and 10
Gigabit Ethernet.
OM4 Fiber Optic infrastructure Multimode fibers are identified by the OM
(“optical mode”) designation as outlined in
the ISO/IEC 11801 standard.
M4, for laser-optimised 50um fiber having
4700 MHz*km EMB bandwidth designed for
10 Gb/s, 40 Gb/s, and 100 Gb/s transmission.
Fiber Types and Reach

Fiber Bandwidth 10GBASE-SR 40GBASE-SR4 &
Type
Length*
Distance 100GBASE-SR10

OM1
160-200
33m
N/A
OM2
400-500
82m
N/A
OM3 2,000 300m
100m
OM4
4,700
400m
150m
* = Bandwidth*Length Product (MHz*km or GHz*m)
In light of the above information, CKR iT
Consulting recommended the use of OM4
fiber, throughout Mediclinic’s new Midstream
healthcare facility.
Why Convergence? The Possibilities
for Mediclinic’s healthcare facilities:
• CPOE - Computer Based Practitioner
Order Entry
• CDDS - Clinical Decision Support Systems
• EHR - Electronic Health Records (eg. SAP)
• Interactive patient information and enter tainment systems (IP MATV, Video and
Audio on Demand )
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