How are High-Tech Robots Helping Nurses and Medical Professionals in the Hospital

Mercy-Hospital St. Louis has some high-tech help with autonomous mobile robots. Exactly, 24 of them! Each one on different floors and given a name of its own.
“Our co-workers really see the robots as a part of their team,” said Megan Nolan, Operations Lead at Mercy Hospital St. Louis. “They're all going to have a name badge similar to a co-worker’s name badge.”
Besides the individual identity, the robot is called TUG, named for the way it totes carts with supplies, even meals.
“The robots pick up the meals from the kitchen and then deliver them to the nursing units."
Patient ambassadors are responsible for receiving and sending out TUG deliveries. TUGs transport meals, medication, linen, even trash from the nursing units to help keep the hospital clean.
Everything TUG does is intended to help nurses and support staff focus on patient care, giving them more time at the bedside.
TUG reduces the physical workloads on people, which reduces their risk of injury.
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