Intralogistics In Hospital Operations

The University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein (UKSH), with locations at Lübeck and Kiel, is one of the largest university hospitals in Germany and Europe. The demands on intralogistic processes are correspondingly high in order to ensure the supply and disposal of all wards with food, bed linen, sterile goods, medication and more. MLR SYSTEM GmbH was commissioned to implement a comprehensive transport solution for both locations.

Whether sterile goods must be ready in the correct operating room or a patient awaits a fresh, warm lunch: Modern, automated transport solutions have become indispensable in large supply centers such as the UKSH. You pick up roll containers with the transport goods and set them down at the destination – the last few meters to the patient are always done manually by the clinic staff. Up to this point, however, everything follows a strict plan: The automated guided vehicles (AGVs) find their own way from the underground “supply lines” of the clinic buildings to the right building, to the right ward. They open doors, operate elevators, automatically recognize suddenly occurring obstacles and stop reliably, for example when a clinic employee rushes to the patient.