Abstract
There is an increased confusion during consultation hours in Japanese hospitals functioning for out-and in-patients with the same importance. To manage the business promptly, the conveyance system is necessarily required to be automatic. To cope with this demand, the following becomes an issue.
1. Air chute. To convey medical charts, X-ray films and specimens for laboratory examinations.
2. Case conveyer. To convey cases containing medical charts. One chart system for one patient is recommended even in consultation in two or more clinical departments.
3. Box conveyer. To convey cassettes for X-ray films and medicine bags.
The JNR Central Hospital operates a highly automatized establishment in the above three systems which make it possible to convey materials either vertically or horizontally in hospital rooms under the centralized control.
