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Overview Brochure PowerChain Solutions for the health care industry
PowerChain Solutions 2 eaton corporation Health Care
transforms how
health care is powered
Today, technology touches the practice of medicine Transforming health care integrated technology for
everywhere. From the simplest recordkeeping to the with technology requires communication, tracking and
rethinking the facility’s information flow. Your digital
most sophisticated diagnostic imaging, technology entire power system. Many health care facility will be
is modernizing how, when and where health care is health care facilities have as paperless, filmless—and
delivered to patients. Reliable, high-quality electrical an aging infrastructure most importantly reliable—as
that needs to be upgraded your power system allows.
power is at the heart of that transformation. and modernized to meet Eaton’s PowerChain™
the demands of today’s solutions approach enables
advanced technologies. health care facilities to meet
The modern health care today’s expectations—as well
facility uses digital technol- as those advancing on the
ogy for imaging, order horizon. Your digital facility
transmission, clinical notes can change from a vision to
and other aspects of the a robust and reliable reality.
electronic health record. It Turn the page to explore how
has integrated supply chain PowerChain Management
and revenue cycle manage- solutions are transforming the
ment. Your facility, perhaps way health care is powered.
not digital today, will become
an enterprise that uses fully
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Opportunities
are everywhere
Eaton’s PowerChain Management solutions allow
health care providers to manage power systems as
integrated, strategic assets. These solutions help
you deliver quality, reliable health care.
Benefi ts of PowerChain Solutions
The Eaton Green Leaf label is our promise of
Greater reliability
Maintain vital operations with exceptional, documented environmental performance
steady, high-quality power every to customers, consumers and our communities.
minute of every day. Though all of Eaton’s products and solutions are
designed to meet or exceed government standards
for protecting the environment, our products and
Operating cost efficiencies solutions with the Green Leaf designation go well
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products and information that help
people recognize and avoid dangers. A panel of representatives from various Eaton
business functions, corporate groups and main
businesses review the application and make a decision
Risk mitigation to award the Green Leaf. Ultimately, our customers
Reduce the risk of construction and consumers will provide the final—and highest—
delays and cost overruns with a level of approval by choosing our products for superior
coordinated approach to power environmental performance.
system design, procurement,
installation and maintenance.
Sustainability
Achieve your business goals
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Whether you operate a single hospital or a network
of facilities, Eaton can provide the electrical products
and services you need. Eaton offers a comprehensive
portfolio of PowerChain solutions that are designed and
manufactured to work together to provide consistent,
effective management of your ever-changing power
system. This brochure shows you just a few examples
of how our solutions can offer you opportunities to take
charge of your power system.
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Systems analysis and design
by Eaton engineers create a
comprehensive view of the entire
power system. That, plus Eaton’s
long experience with health care
environments, forms the basis
Greater reliability for a strategy to build flexibility
into the system. As new
technologies are introduced,
the power system can adapt to
changing requirements.
Health care facilities simply cannot afford interruptions
in the power supply. From triage to treatment and
follow-up, modern health care requires a safe,
seamless and reliable supply of power. That’s what
health care providers, patients and their families
expect health care facilities to provide every minute
of every day.
Managing a health care With today’s technology
facility’s power system demands, increased electri-
to that high standard of cal load elevates power
reliability requires thought quality risks in health care
and planning. Keeping the facilities to new levels.
power flowing in a health Much is at stake for a
care facility means being patient, as well as for the
prepared for the worst—like physician, if medical opera-
coping with the trail of injury tions are interrupted due to
and destruction left by the a voltage fluctuation, sag
high winds and torrential or power outage. Power
rains of a hurricane. When abnormalities can result
the unthinkable happens, in corrupted and lost data,
communities turn to their communication lock up,
health care facilities, which rebooting and permanent
must be ready to respond. equipment damage. As hos-
Additionally, maintaining pitals become increasingly
reliable power means dependent on medical and
knowing how to handle the information technologies to
small, everyday threats to a support everyday operations,
power system. Power quality the availability of clean and 1
fluctuations lasting just mil- uninterrupted battery power
liseconds can jeopardize the becomes paramount.
data on a health care facility’s Meeting the routine,
network, or damage sensi- everyday challenges—
tive laboratory and research and the extraordinary,
equipment. Power outages unexpected ones—requires
that last just seconds can a comprehensive view of
compromise patient care and the power system and
wreak havoc on clinical and careful integration of tools.
financial networks as well as Rely on these and other
modality processes. PowerChain solutions to
assure safe, high-quality
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and uninterrupted power
for your health care facility. Quick connect offers a ready-
to-connect solution if utility power
fails. Connecting a generator is done
quickly and easily, without the need
for skilled electricians. Health care
facility services, from food services
to air conditioning, will continue,
even during an extended utility
power loss.
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paralleling switchgear automatic isolation
manages the critical transitions transfer switches provide
from utility company power emergency power to life safety
to an onsite generator and and other critical loads through-
back again if utility power is out the facility. If utility company
interrupted. Vital health care power stops or falls below an
facility functions, such as acceptable range, automatic
clinical care and patient billing, transfer switches can activate
are protected from extended onsite generated power. This fast
disruptions of the power supply. response ensures equipment
uptime and uninterrupted
high-quality patient care.
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UpS units ensure clean, power Xpert® software
uninterrupted power to keep lets health care facility
critical functions running until managers see what’s going on
backup generators take over— throughout the power system
whether that takes seconds with an easy-to-use Web-based
or hours. If utility power fails, interface. Better information
the power continues to flow means many problems can be
without loss or surge. Data avoided before they happen.
isn’t lost and patient care ™
isn’t compromised.
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Variable frequency drives
adjust a motor’s speed to match
changing output requirements more
closely. Energy isn’t wasted in
maintaining a constant motor speed.
As a result, systems that respond to
Operating changing environmental conditions,
like air conditioning or ventilation,
consume less energy while keeping
cost efficiencies
patients and staff comfortable.
As technology transforms the way health care facilities
operate, consumption of energy soars. Equipment
based on new technologies, like patient monitors and
dosimeters, consume nonlinear current and generate
proportionally more heat on electrical circuits than the
linear current consumed by older technologies. The
additional heat on circuits reduces the overall capacity
of the power system and shortens the useful life of
critical electrical equipment.
Rising energy consumption, costs by extending
coupled with higher energy equipment life and avoiding
prices, means a double blow emergency repairs. In
to health care facility bud- addition, tools like occu-
gets. To keep energy costs in pancy sensors, expert energy
check, administrators must audits and lighting control
focus relentlessly on reduc- software help manage
ing energy consumption and energy costs proactively.
increasing energy efficiency. The result? Savings that
Eaton’s PowerChain solutions you capture with reduced
can help health care facilities utility costs and the accurate
reduce operating costs by predictive information you
taking a comprehensive need to negotiate better
approach to power system utility rates. This is coupled
design and operation. There with longer service life with
are countless opportunities less frequent maintenance 9
in every facility. Meters and for critical equipment and
software track energy usage the satisfaction of knowing
throughout the facility to find you’re in control of your
opportunities for savings. Our power system, driving sav-
performance-based approach ings right to the bottom line.
to maintenance reduces
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Energy audits by Eaton experts
identify inefficiencies in the total
consumption of energy from all
energy sources—electricity, gas,
steam, vacuum and compressed
air. Our energy experts, familiar
with the ways health care facilities
use energy, can quickly identify
areas where waste is occurring.
Our experts then recommend and
implement more efficient solutions
that shrink energy use.
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power factor correction Harmonic mitigating
capacitors allow customers transformers reduce harmful
to generate the reactive power harmonic currents that disrupt
needed to improve power the flow of useful energy in a
utilization, thus eliminating the circuit. Fewer harmonics makes
need to source it from the utility. energy consumption more
Reducing consumption leads to efficient, thus reducing overall
immediate energy cost savings. energy consumption and
lowering energy costs.
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Lighting control software power Xpert meters
and occupancy sensors and software monitor energy
detect when space is consumption constantly through-
occupied, turning off the lights out the health care facility. It’s
when a room is empty and easy to spot patterns of heavy
reducing the lights when usage, unexplained fluctuations
natural light is strong. This or billing errors.
simple solution reduces
overall energy consumption ™
and saves money.
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integrated
power assemblies
are prefabricated structures, similar
to trailers, which are assembled and
tested before they’re shipped. They
can be installed faster and with less
Effective effort than units that must be built
and wired on site. They can function
like a building, but under accounting
use of capital
rules, they can be depreciated faster.
Like any other enterprise, a health care facility invests
in the buildings and equipment it needs to operate
from day to day—operating rooms, diagnostic centers,
imaging modalities, patient rooms, data centers,
heating and cooling equipment and lighting. Keeping
up with and applying advanced technology means
constantly upgrading infrastructure as needs, services
and applications change.
To be competitive, a health We offer performance-based
care facility needs to get maintenance services that
the most out of capital provide the right mainte-
investments. Health care nance at the right time to
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equipment that deliver more Further, we offer engineer-
capacity and last longer, but ing, design and project-
cost less. Executive boards management services that
want their capital invest- assure projects are success-
ments to go further. fully completed as planned,
Eaton’s comprehensive on time and on budget.
portfolio of PowerChain With Eaton’s PowerChain
solutions empowers health solutions, equipment is more
care facilities to make more reliable, performs better and
effective use of their capital. space is used more effi-
Eaton offers equipment like ciently. Eaton’s PowerChain
prefabricated and preas- solutions can provide a
sembled integrated power well-integrated power
assemblies that reduce system that delivers more
installation time and save capacity at a lower cost.
space—important space
that can be reallocated
for other uses.
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performance-based
maintenance methods
monitor performance and
schedule maintenance only when
performance slips. That’s more
efficient than the traditional practice
of doing maintenance at fixed
intervals, whether the equipment
requires it or not. The result is
extended equipment life and lower
overall maintenance expense.
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Project-management Integrated Facility
services offer health care Systems™ are modular,
facilities a single point of prefabricated assemblies that
accountability, so that construc- need 40 percent less floor space.
tion work is done right the Building size can be reduced,
first time. Projects are finished saving money and resources.
faster, and capital goes to work
sooner. Eaton's project-manage-
ment services are available ™
on any scale—from the installa-
tion of a single switchgear
lineup to the construction of
entire buildings.
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Refurbishing and Battery monitoring
reconditioning services services track the useful
give equipment a longer useful life a battery has left. You can
life. Knowledgeable service replace batteries only when
engineers maintain original you need to, instead of on a fixed
equipment specifications with schedule. That saves money
high-quality replacement parts. on unnecessary replacements,
Refurbished or reconditioned decreases service calls and
equipment stays in place, reduces the cost of unanticipated
reducing the cost of redesigning downtime when batteries fail
and remodeling facilities to without warning.
accommodate new equipment.
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Molded case circuit breakers
with digitrip programmable
tripping technology help protect
people and equipment. Circuit break-
ers shut down the circuit when there
is an overload, reducing the risk of
Enhanced safety fire and damage to equipment.
A health care facility unquestionably requires a
constant flow of quality electricity to operate. Without
electricity, daily activity in any organization comes to
a halt. There are no lights in the operating room, no
data on patient information displays, no hot meals for
Dietary to distribute, no patient invoices en route to
insurers and no access to electronic medical records.
Behind that useful flow Eaton’s PowerChain solutions
of electricity lies danger. approach is dedicated to
Electricity is powerful— safety for people and equip-
a force that must be handled ment throughout the entire
carefully. Electricity presents power system. We offer
a constant stream of poten- comprehensive, scalable
tial hazards: electrical shock, diagnostic studies that help
fire, the sudden, dangerous identify risks that range from
release of electrical energy simple, correctable ones
called an arc flash, or the to potentially catastrophic
smaller, but still dangerous, threats like arc flashes. We
release of electrical energy provide training for employ-
called an arc fault. ees to help them identify
risks like electrical shock and
avoid them. Our products
are designed to distance
people and equipment from
hazards, with features like
remote racking and surge
protection. The result? A
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job with enhanced safety for
employees, patients, visitors
and equipment.
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Grounding study services
analyze the grounding in a circuit
and offer recommendations for
equipment that will help avoid
damage to nearby equipment.
Proper grounding also reduces
the risk of personal injury and
adverse effects on operations
of nearby equipment.
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arc flash hazard analysis electrical safety training
services identify places helps keep employees safe by
in the power system where teaching them how to identify
there is a risk of arc flash. danger and how to avoid it.
Once the dangers are known, Employees can do a better job
they can be managed with of protecting themselves and
equipment, training and proper others with the knowledge and
equipment labeling. awareness of hazards.
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Surge-protection equip- project-management
ment is designed to minimize services offer a single point
damage to equipment when of accountability for a complex
there’s a surge in voltage on an construction project. A skilled
electrical circuit. The protection Eaton project manager stream-
device detects the anomaly and lines coordination and improves
temporarily diverts surge current communication, helping com-
away from the equipment it’s plete projects on time and on
protecting, whether it’s highly budget, with turnkey assurance.
sensitive equipment in the lab or
servers in the data center.
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PowerChain integrated
solutions deliver turnkey
equipment configurations that
are designed, manufactured and
installed to work seamlessly.
Risk mitigation
Equipment can be installed
quickly and at less cost, helping
construction projects stay on course.
After years of consolidating and reducing capacity, the
health care industry has turned a corner in its thinking
about capacity. Facing sharp increases in demand for
health care services as baby boomers age, health care
institutions are building new or upgrading facilities at
a rapid pace.
For any enterprise, complet- equipment from multiple
ing a construction project on manufacturers smoothly. On
schedule and on budget is a a complex project, our proj-
challenge. Construction is a ect managers can provide a
complicated process, and the single point of accountability
risks of failure are many. One for a facility manager. Eaton
contractor’s missed deadline can coordinate large teams
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others. Another contractor’s ing communications and
faulty installation work can assuring that milestones
mean expensive rework and are met. Our engineers and
cost overruns. technicians can install and
Eaton can help health care support both Eaton and
facilities reduce those risks. non-Eaton equipment.
Drawing upon long-standing With a streamlined
experience in designing, construction process and
manufacturing and installing more centralized control,
electrical equipment, Eaton the risk of construction
can help streamline the projects is reduced. That’s
construction process, reduce how Eaton’s PowerChain
the number of variables and solutions help health
offer centralized control. care facilities ensure that
Eaton engineers can design construction, renovation and
customized equipment modernization projects are
solutions that integrate successfully completed on
schedule and within budget.
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Partnership agreements
provide quick access to new
solutions and specialized
applications. Eaton works closely
with staff to provide tools, informa-
tion and training that help health
care facility managers make optimal
decisions about when and how to
change the power system as
needs advance.
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project-management Service agreements
services offer a single point keep equipment functioning at
of accountability for a complex peak efficiency. Engineers and
construction project. A skilled technicians monitor equipment
Eaton project manager stream- performance after installation
lines coordination and improves and perform maintenance when
communication, helping com- needed. That extends equip-
plete projects on time and on ment life and reduces overall
budget, with turnkey assurance. operating cost.
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eaton Solutions centers remote monitoring makes
provide customers with it possible to view what’s going
customized application on in a power system. As new
engineering for equipment like equipment and technologies are
specialty lighting or security added, they are easily integrated
devices. Eaton engineers can into the remote-monitoring sys-
work with other suppliers on tem, allowing managers to see
a construction project to create and control the entire system.
an equipment solution that is As a backup resource, Eaton
tailored to the customer’s needs. technicians and engineers can
monitor system performance
long distance.
www.eaton.com 1-877-ETN-CARE 15Eaton’s Electrical Sector PowerChain solutions
is a global leader in power help enterprises achieve
distribution, power quality, sustainable and competitive
control and automation, and advantages through proactive
monitoring products. When management of the power
combined with Eaton’s full-scale system as a strategic, integrated
engineering services, these asset throughout its life
products provide customer- cycle, resulting in enhanced
driven PowerChain™ solutions safety, greater reliability
to serve the power system and energy efficiency.
needs of the data center,
industrial, institutional, public For more information, visit:
sector, utility, commercial, www.eaton.com/electrical.
residential, IT, mission critical,
alternative energy and OEM
markets worldwide.
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Electrical Sector
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