Power Outage Forces Los Angeles Hospital to Evacuate Hundreds of Patients
More than 200 patients, including some on ventilators, were evacuated due to a power outage at Adventist Health White Memorial.
More than 200 patients, including some on ventilators, were evacuated due to a power outage at Adventist Health White Memorial.
The North Carolina power outage has prompted the closing of schools. A hospital also had to switch to a backup generator.
Algonquin’s primary data center operates three 80kVA uninterruptible power supplies (UPSs) in parallel with accompanying battery cabinets.
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Collaboration, video surveillance and access control have proved essential for healthcare facilities to be able to safely store and administer the coronavirus vaccine.
The sensor that monitors the freezer containing the vaccines didn’t work and didn’t notify hospital personnel of the problem.
Here’s what worked and what didn’t during this long-term care facility’s temporary evacuation of its 144 residents.
Backup power is critical to the continued operation of campuses during an emergency. Testing and proper location will ensure your generators will work when you need them.
Most people take power for granted without realizing how many daily activities rely on it – until failure occurs. Nowhere is this truer than for fire/life-safety systems. A recent experience serves as a launch point to keeping systems up regardless of power challenges.