12 de Octubre University Hospital
Digital security for one of Spain's largest hospital complexes
Project: 12 de Octubre University Hospital (Hospital 12 de octubre | Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre )
Location: Madrid, Spain
Industry: Healthcare
Year of installation: 2025
Access technology: Over 20,000 RFID cards
Devices installed: Over 1,000 SMARTair i-max electronic door handles with wireless technology, ePED solution for electrically controlled escape routes, ASSA ABLOY DEC door closers (over 2,000 units), high-end TOP panic bars (1,000 units), electromechanical solutions such as electric strike bolts or electromagnetic locks, mechanical master keying for over 1,000 cylinders, mechanical security locks, fire-rated locks, and hardware such as handles and knobs.
The implementation of SMARTair® has been key to our progress toward a safer, more efficient, and fully digital hospital. It allows us to manage access centrally, flexibly, and in real time—a must in a highly complex healthcare setting like Hospital 12 de Octubre.
Ignacio Paños – Director of Security, 12 de Octubre Hospital
Challenge
Challenge
The 12 de Octubre University Hospital is one of the nation’s leading institutions in public health and digital transformation. With multiple interconnected buildings, thousands of staff members, and highly sensitive critical care areas, the hospital needed an access control system capable of ensuring security, operational efficiency, and full traceability, without interfering with patient care.
To move toward a 100% digital hospital model, the facility chose TESA ASSA ABLOY’s SMARTair® as the centralized platform for intelligent access management throughout the hospital complex.
Key Requirements:
Managing access in a large-scale hospital environment is an ongoing challenge:
- Thousands of staff members, patients, and visitors constantly moving through the facility
- Critical areas with varying security levels
- The need to eliminate manual key management and duplication
- 24/7 operation without disrupting patient care
- Compliance with regulations, audits, and security and data protection standards
The hospital needed a flexible, scalable solution that was fully integrated with its digitalization strategy.
Solution
Solution
SMARTair® – Intelligent Electronic Access Control
The 12 de Octubre University Hospital implemented SMARTair® as its access control system to completely replace mechanical locks and centralize security management.
The solution enables:
- Access via secure electronic credentials (RFID cards, mobile devices, or digital keys)
- Centralized and remote management of access permissions in real time
- Immediate assignment, modification, or revocation of access based on profiles, schedules, and zones
- Complete logging and traceability of every access event
- Integration with video surveillance, alarms, and corporate databases
- Wireless installation requiring no construction work, without interrupting hospital operations
SMARTair® thus became a key pillar of the hospital’s digital transformation process.
