What are some examples of electronics or machines you’d see in a hospital? Not just medical machines but also mundane stuff like vending machines and water fountains
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one of the coolest i remember from when i would hang out with my aunt at the hospital as a kid was the scrub machine that would dispense a set of scrubs in your size, clean and folded.
Oh boy, this is the question for me I've worked in several hospitals as non-medical personnel. so here we go, clock in machine industrial soap dispenser for a mop glass and multisurface cleaner, so many tablets, so many computers, industrial mixer NokiaBrick phone walkietalkie
label maker landline the iPad on Wheels used to talk to nonEnglish speakers laptop charging desk on wheels so many receipt printers portable stove tops electric scooters flashlights panini maker Mary chef electric power pallet jack food thermometers digital camera regular cameras speakers projectors
leaf blowers, lawn mowers, golf carts weed wackers, sprinkler systems, helicopters, food scale that transmits food waste numbers to other states, and the thing
I miss most of all my s***** razor flip phone that I used to send text message old school style to my boss to make sure that they order what they are supposed to order and couldn't say I didn't tell them
Those coffee machines that have like 12 silver, angled oval buttons but they're all just slightly different mixes of coffee and creamer.
Lattes with no foam, mochas with no chocolate flavoring, etc.
If it's out of creamer it just pours black coffee instead of closing the options with creamer.
Work in a hospital, remembering mundane items I tend to see include: Electric lockers, water coolers, coffee machines, tv monitors, computers, defib lockers (skirting mundane here), ATMs, fridges/freezers, most kitchen devices really, wheeled TVs, mobility scooters.
Televisions, not just bolted to the wall, but also the wheeled in variety. DVD players and video game consoles (especially in relatively well-funded children's hospitals), hospital pagers, phones, cell phones solely used by nurses to communicate, remote controls that have speakers in them for the TV
Mobile computer stations, electronic pill cabinets, motion sensitive lights, those devices that reshape beds, various scanning machines, both mobile and stationary, mobile stations to check your vitals, air conditioning, coffee machines, vending machines, and that's about all I can recall
Lots of TV’s. At least one in every room and monitors on lots of walls to display both information and sometimes just nice pictures. iPads on rolling stands used for interpreters. I work at a hospital. Is there anything specific you’re looking to know?
Screens everywhere, the diabetes clinic I went to see a kid had a huge dusty wall-mounted CRT TV that was set to a channel that played soaps and the news, when it was renovated it was replaced with a series of flatscreens that just told you what room to go to in between weather reports.
There was this check-in machine (similar to an airport self check-in) that gave you a number like at the deli counter and the screens would tell you what number should go to what examination room.
A mini-fridge that is just for blood and urine samples, which you know because most of the door is taken up by a sign that says the sign is just for samples so please don't put your lunch in it.
Off the top of my head: Computers for the paperwork. Mobile phones (usually hooked up to an internal network) for the staff. Lifts. Escalators. HVAC equipment (my nearest hospital has most of that on the outside).
In age of electronic records, lots of computers on wheels, tablets with protective covering, barcode scanners etc
That's not even getting to theatres which have loads of specialised kit
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Lattes with no foam, mochas with no chocolate flavoring, etc.
If it's out of creamer it just pours black coffee instead of closing the options with creamer.
-Automatic doors
-TVs in waiting rooms
-Escalators
-Elevators
-PA systems
-Number Position Signs (for waiting)
-Electronic Parking Meters
-Alarm Systems
-Automatic Sinks/Toilets/Urinals
-Patient Monitors
Mundane, yet nowadays also uniquely medical
That's not even getting to theatres which have loads of specialised kit