The Medilink West Midlands Medical
& Healthcare Business Awards have recognised Abloy UK for innovation within
the healthcare sector, thanks to its CLIQ® locking technology.
The annual awards bring together clinicians, researchers and academics to
celebrate the impact organisations have made to the medical and healthcare
sector in the West Midlands.
Abloy UK took the top prize in the Delivering Innovation into Health and
Care category, sponsored by West Midlands Academic Health Science Network,
which recognises innovations adopted by the NHS which demonstrate an
impact on efficiency, patient outcomes and system costs.
The security experts have worked alongside a number of West Midlands
hospitals to implement its CLIQ® locking
technology, including Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham City Hospital and
Sandwell General Hospital.
CLIQ® utilises mechanical, high security disc
cylinders combined with highly encrypted electronic locking and identification.
It provides a system of remote key management, providing access audit trails
and the ability to remove lost or stolen keys.
Within healthcare, installing CLIQ® on drug
cabinets has made medicines more secure. As the key provides power to the lock
it also requires no batteries or wires, making it an ideal retrofit solution
for the NHS.
The system gives every nurse their own key, programmed to provide entry to
every cabinet they are authorised to have access to and validated for the
duration of their shift.
Subsequently, this frees up nurses time looking for keys allowing more time
to care and quickly administer medicines. In one instance, figures from
an audit of patients who felt their pain killers were given promptly jumped
from 79% to 92% following the installation of CLIQ®.
Aaron Yule, Managing Director at Abloy UK, said: “The healthcare sector is
facing enormous strain, so we’re constantly striving to deliver value and
innovations that will relieve some of that pressure. We’re incredibly proud of
the CLIQ® system and the tangible efficiencies it brings to many NHS
trusts across the country.
“That’s why we’re delighted to be recognised with this award. It firmly
belongs to the outstanding and dedicated Abloy healthcare team who always go
the extra mile with customer support and installation.”
Abloy UK will now advance with the rest of the winners to the national
Medilink UK Awards, which will be held in April at the NEC Birmingham
Metropole.
