contents, the doors on closed models add security, especially if they
lock, by preventing the supplies and instruments pulled for a case
from being swiped for use in other cases. With either model, make
sure that the shelves have no sharp edges that can tear blue-wrapped
packages.
Put through the paces
Test-driving case carts through the traffic patterns they'll face every
day in your facility is extremely important. Here's something that even
a hands-on trial at the manufacturer's showroom won't tell you: that a
cart doesn't fit through the central core doorways at your facility.
(The one we chose missed by a quarter of an inch. It fit when we
removed the bumper, but that defeated the purpose of protecting
doors, walls and fingers that got too close to either.)
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z PICK UP THE PIECES Who's in charge of
maintaining your cart system? Is that efficient?
