This week’s blog comes from OCC Regional Technical Manager, John Awad
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OCC products fit into a wide array of applications and industries. Our Limited Axcess solution is particularly geared toward the healthcare industry and needed segmentation in hospital room installation. This solution is appropriate any time you need to control who is accessing an open RJ-45 outlet, but still want certain appropriate persons or equipment to have immediate access. Keyed and color coded equipment cables are assigned for use to specific persons or departments, allowing access to the appropriate designated persons.

When it comes to hospitals and other healthcare facilities, wall outlets and equipment rooms now may contain a variety of different services being accessed through copper data patch panels mounted in racks and cabinets. Multiple structured cabling systems in a hospital or clinic might contain a Cat6 data network, Cat5e voice network, Cat6 television network, POE security camera system, access control systems, core network cross connect patch panel fields, and a separate 10G Cat6A data network for high speed and high bandwidth service. In addition, these specialized facilities such as hospitals and laboratories can contain electronic chart systems, patient monitor systems, electronic bed systems and bed alarms, overhead paging and background music, and specialized audio/ video systems. Different technicians or service providers are often assigned to each system, and they all historically have the same RJ-45 footprint.

For these applications, choose our Limited Axcess jacks at the wall outlet and in port panels in the equipment room. This keyed and color coded system limits access to particular outlets to only using the correct keyed and color coded patch cord and blocks out access by standard RJ-45 patch cords. This way, you are able to assign different colors and keys to individuals or systems in the cross connect area, equipment room, wall outlets or patient rooms without fear that they will access infrastructure or systems that they are not authorized for. The security keyed and color-coded end-to-end solutions put an extra level of security and separation into each service in the facility. This system is Cat6A rated and backwards compatible so you can use this for Cat6A, Cat6 or Cat5E needs.

OCC has many products and solutions to offer the healthcare industry. Be sure to ask your sales rep or local distributor about some of the products mentioned above when discussing your healthcare application needs!