Xtract One Technologies has announced that its Xtract One Gateway weapons detection solution has been selected to protect key hospital locations in Manitoba, Canada.

The solutions will be used at the province’s Health Sciences Centre and Crisis Response Centre locations operated by Shared Health.

Healthcare security

“Healthcare environments today face two security challenges: providing top-tier security while ensuring that both patients and caregivers feel safe and comfortable,” said Peter Evans, CEO of Xtract One.

“This is a trend we’re seeing across the healthcare sector, where providers are actively looking for solutions to these growing challenges and we welcome the opportunity to play a role in securing health facility environments.”

Weapons detection

Xtract One says that its portfolio of screening solutions are designed specifically for scanning individuals and their belongings, allowing seamless passage through checkpoints and reducing the need for separate bag searches, thereby improving screening times dramatically.

Gateway unobtrusively scans individuals, their pockets, bags and backpacks for potential mass casualty weapons while distinguishing harmless personal items like laptops, tablets, three-ring binders, notebooks, eyeglass cases, keys and phones.