Critical condition

摘要

Last year, to accommodate an expanding population, St. Elisabeth Hospital in Turnhout, Belgium underwent a major renovation and expansion of its facilities. The construction included an entirely new wing housing six operating rooms, an industrial kitchen, a sterilisation room, and a pharmacy. Subsequently, the hospital required redesign of its existing power conditioning and back-up power system to provide additional protection from failures, micro- and macro-outages, voltage sags and surges, and utility harmonics pollution - all of which could detrimentally affect the function of critical medical equipment.