Winterthur
Cantonal
Hospital

As of today, the Kantonsspital Winterthur (KSW) has the largest Zippsafe installation in Switzerland. Starting with the purchase of four systems in 2018, the Zurich Cantonal Hospital now owns 183 of our smart locker solutions for a number of 2,665 employees. Find out how the installation at KSW has grown over the last few years and why people in Winterthur are particularly enthusiastic about Zippsafe.

Winterthur Cantonal Hospital is one of the ten largest hospitals in Switzerland. Every year, 250,000 patients are treated in approximately 500 beds. Due to constant growth, new treatment concepts, long distances, and a lack of space, a new replacement building was unavoidable. After five years of construction work on the Didymos project, the new 656,599 square-feet building opened in January. The goal was a future-oriented construction, rooms should guarantee multifunctional use. An increase in the number of patients and staff was considered in the planning process, which is why the equipment in the employee locker rooms also has to meet the needs of tomorrow. A space-efficient solution, that can ensure long-term capacity, reduce administrative costs and at the same time be user-friendly, was needed. 

The room plans quickly stated that maximum capacity could be achieved with Zippsafe's smart locker system. Zippsafe also had an answer to the management of the locker room of this size.


Thanks to ZippManager, the software for allocating and managing locker bags, administration efforts are minimized. Free spaces are easy to identify and can be assigned to an employee with just a few clicks. Using the Zippsafe Management System, it is even possible to integrate the access management system already in use (in this case Kaba exos). The ZippSpace systems can be operated via the existing personnel card and employees do not need to handle additional RFID media. 

User-friendliness as the third and sometimes decisive criterion was evaluated by the users themselves. In a pilot project in 2018, around 60 employees put our Zippsafe locker solution through its paces. The pleasing result speaks volumes, with 100 percent favoring Zippsafe over space-saving alternatives. The continued acceptance and satisfaction among users encouraged Angelika Züst, Head of Housekeeping at KSW, in her decision to acquire Zippsafe. 


Zippsafe Installation Kantonsspital Winterthur

«We chose Zippsafe because our employees clearly preferred this solution to conventional impersonal locker systems, which would have come into question given the limited space available. We tested the Zippsafe system for several months. The combination of space efficiency, process optimization and user-friendliness convinced us.» 

Angelika Züst, Head of Home Economics at KSW

After a successful test in 2018, nothing stood in the way of a larger installation in 2019. In one fell swoop, 56 systems were ordered and the decision was made to use Zippsafe in the new building as well. Finally, the delivery of 82 additional ZippSpace Pro L systems followed at the end of 2021. These were placed directly in the new construction and put into operation at the beginning of 2022. In the course of this, the older systems were upgraded to the latest technology and transferred to the new location. But that's not all – 45 systems are to be added in September 2022. This means that a total of 2,665 people will be able to use a personal locker bag from Zippsafe. A further increase in capacity cannot be ruled out. 

The move and commissioning of the new building was a major milestone in the history of KSW - and  just as big in the history of Zippsafe. We are extremely grateful for the long-standing cooperation and the opportunity to equip the locker rooms of the new building with our systems. We remain excited to see how the installation develops and look forward to growing together with the Cantonal Hospital Winterthur.