As cancer treatment advances, more hospitals are creating specialised brachytherapy departments, requiring both space for equipment and strong security.
Large Linear Accelerators stay fixed and can be powered down, but mobile brachytherapy devices, which use live radioactive isotopes, demand constant protection. As they deliver higher radiation doses, layered security is vital. One Midlands hospital installed both security-rated personnel doors and an Obexion roller shutter from Charter Global to safeguard its brachytherapy unit.
The Obexion shutter is independently certified by the Loss Prevention Certification Board (LPCB) to LPS 1175 D10 (SR4) standard. This means that even if the outer personnel doors were breached, the shutter gives an additional 10 minutes of resistance to attack by hand tools and power drills.
The control keypad allows staff to have individual PIN codes, giving complete traceability of who operated the shutter last and to limit access to only approved team members.
As well as a discreet design, the Obexion shutter range has a number of specialist features, including fast deployment in the case of emergency and a unique Lockdown mechanism ensuring that the shutter self-locks at all points of closing, so it cannot be forced open, even when partly closed.