Hospital pharmacies
Learn moreHealthcare – Automated logistics for hospitals and healthcare facilities
When the volume and variety of healthcare materials grow, so does the complexity of managing them:
Medicines, medical devices, surgical instruments, PPE, histological samples and clinical records all require order, traceability and immediate access. We help you manage the storage and distribution of healthcare materials in a more efficient, secure and controlled way, with solutions designed for hospitals, healthcare facilities, pharmacies and pathology laboratories. ICAM solutions for healthcare logistics reduce retrieval times by up to 57% and allow a single operator to cover 70% of a ward’s daily material needs. When logistics is automated, staff can dedicate more time to patient care.
The challenges of healthcare logistics
The operational challenges of managing materials in hospital environments go beyond space: they affect patient safety, costs and quality of care every day
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Stock control
Unmonitored inventory levels generate waste and increase the risk of stockouts
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Traceability
Every picking and refilling must be logged to ensure patient safety and regulatory compliance
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Expiry management
Near-expiry materials that are not detected in time increase costs and clinical risk
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Controlled access
Medicines and sensitive devices must be stored with authenticated, auditable access
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Limited space
Hospital departments need compact solutions that do not reduce space available for care
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Operational workload
Manual management of materials absorbs valuable resources that should be dedicated to patient care
Healthcare settings where our solutions create value
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Hospital pharmacies
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Pathology labs and histology units
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Healthcare facilities
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Proven results in Healthcare
Every project starts from requirements of safety, traceability and space optimisation and translates into healthcare logistics that is more reliable, efficient and patient-oriented.
Maggiore della Carità Hospital: IstoTech for automated histological sample storage
At Maggiore della Carità Hospital in Novara, the Pathology Department relies on ICAM’s IstoTech to automate the storage and traceability of histological samples. The result is…
IstoTech for the histology archive of IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital in Rome: clinical risk eliminated
117,000 paraffin blocks and 240,000 histology slides in just 10.54 m²: picking within seconds, full traceability with ICON and risk of specimen loss eliminated.
C. Panico Hospital: automated hospital pharmacy with multi-floor SILO² VLMs and COMPATTA Light
C. Panico Hospital improved pharmaceutical management by automating its hospital pharmacy with two SILO² VLMs connecting different floors of the building and a COMPATTA Light mobile…
ICAM solutions for Healthcare
SILO²: the multi-column Vertical Lift Module
Thanks to its modular multi-column design, SILO² uses vertical space for high-density storage and fast picking of medicines and healthcare materials. Authenticated access, real-time stock management and integration with pick-to-light systems and barcode readers ensure full traceability and reduced clinical risk.
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IstoTech: the automated system for histological archiving
The automated system for intensive, secure histological sample archiving. With IstoTech, slides and paraffin blocks can be organised, identified and traced reliably, helping prevent the clinical risk associated with sample loss or mismanagement.
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COMPATTA Light: the mobile shelving system
Mobile compact shelving for healthcare archiving: medical records, X-rays, PPE, gowns and consumables. Available in manual, handwheel or electric configurations, it increases archiving capacity while keeping all materials accessible and protected.
Discover COMPATTA LightICAM Journey: our way of creating value for your business
Listen, design, evolve: every ICAM project starts from real operational needs — saturated space, processes to streamline, investments to protect over time. We don’t start from a predefined product. We start from what isn’t working the way it should.
Design
Solution concept and engineering
Manufacturing
Fully in-house production process
Distribution
Strategic partnerships and dedicated sales channels
Support
Ongoing support for customers and business partners
