Hacking Efficiency in Medical Facilities

Pneumatic tube systems are custom-designed to handle over ten thousand transactions efficiently each day. Stanford Hospital relayed seven thousand runners a day in their children's hospital alone in 2010. The Master Transfer Unit at the University of Iowa contains eight miles of steel pipe, one hundred sixty-seven stations on its main campus, and thirteen additional stations offsite. One hospital cited experiencing 16 errors on the floor without a tube system. Over four weeks, the floor with a tube. encountered zero medication errors over the month.