Cabling, Wi-Fi and access control for healthcare and clinics
Cablify installs network cabling, fiber, Wi-Fi, security cameras and access control in hospitals, outpatient clinics and medical offices, working in occupied buildings under the infection control precautions your team sets.
- Infection control
- ASHE ICRA 2.0, Classes I to V
- Cabling standard
- ANSI/TIA-1179-B, published 2023
- Nurse call listing
- UL 1069
- Physical safeguards
- HIPAA, 45 CFR 164.310
Above-ceiling work in an occupied building
Many healthcare facilities use the ASHE ICRA 2.0 matrix to set precautions for construction work, and it treats cabling as construction.
ICRA 2.0 sorts work into four types. Removing a ceiling tile to look is Type A. Installing conduit or cabling above the ceiling is Type B. Opening a new cable pathway or invasive electrical work above ceilings is Type C, as is any activity that cannot be finished in one shift.
The area’s patient risk group then sets the class of precautions. The same cable run can be Class II above an office and Class III above a patient room.
| Patient risk group | Type A | Type B | Type C | Type D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low: non-patient care areas | I | II | II | III |
| Medium: patient care support | I | II | III | IV |
| High: patient care areas | I | III | IV | V |
| Highest: invasive, sterile or highly compromised care | III | IV | V | V |
Class III
Dust control that can include hand-held HEPA vacuums, and a contained work area kept at neutral or negative pressure.
Class IV
Critical barriers meeting NFPA 241, run to the deck above when ceiling tile is removed, with negative pressure from HEPA exhaust directed outdoors.
Class V
Everything in Class IV, plus an anteroom for staging equipment, cleaning carts and workers.
Access to rooms, records and medications
The HIPAA Security Rule requires covered entities to limit physical access to their electronic information systems and the facilities that house them, while letting authorized people in. Its implementation specifications include a facility security plan, visitor control, and maintenance records for repairs to doors and locks.
For controlled substances, DEA rules for practitioners require a securely locked, substantially constructed cabinet. Card access and cameras on medication rooms add a record of who went in and when.
HHS proposed a Security Rule update in January 2025 that would require network segmentation and a network map. It is not final, and the federal regulatory agenda now lists final action for July 2027.
What we install
- Badge readers, door contacts and request-to-exit devices on medication, records and server rooms
- Cameras on entrances, pharmacies and supply rooms, with views kept out of patient care spaces
- Separate, labeled patch fields for networks your IT team keeps apart
- As-built drawings and port maps that match what is in the ceiling
Cabling built to the healthcare standard
ANSI/TIA-1179-B, published in 2023, is the telecommunications infrastructure standard for healthcare facilities. It covers cabling, topologies, distances, pathways and spaces. The previous edition, in 2017, made Category 6A the minimum for twisted-pair horizontal cabling.
Nurse call equipment is listed to UL 1069, and NFPA 99 covers nurse call systems in healthcare facilities. We run the cabling and pathways your listed nurse call vendor specifies.
Patient rooms
Drops for workstations on wheels, TVs, nurse call and bedside devices.
Nurse stations
Dense drops for workstations, printers, phones and label printers.
Imaging and labs
Fiber and Cat6A to equipment rooms and analyzers.
Wi-Fi
Access points placed for phones, pumps and carts as well as staff laptops.
Clinics and medical offices
Smaller sites have fewer rules on paper but the same patients in the waiting room.
After-hours installs
Work scheduled outside clinic hours so exam rooms stay open.
Guest Wi-Fi
A separate network for patients in waiting rooms, kept off the clinical network.
Front desk and check-in
Drops for check-in kiosks, card readers and label printers.
Multi-site groups
The same drop counts, labels and closeout package at each location in a practice group.
Large medical centers anchor several of our metros, including Houston, Boston, Baltimore and Minneapolis-St. Paul.
Common questions
Can you work in an occupied hospital?
Yes. We work to the infection control risk assessment and permit your facility issues, including barriers, HEPA vacuums and negative pressure where the class calls for them, and schedule around patient care.
Why does above-ceiling cabling need ICRA precautions?
Opening the ceiling can release dust into patient areas. Under ICRA 2.0, installing cabling above the ceiling is Type B work, and the patient risk group of the area decides the class of precautions.
Do you install nurse call systems?
We install the cabling and pathways. The nurse call equipment itself is listed to UL 1069 and supplied and programmed by your nurse call vendor.
Do you work in clinics and medical offices?
Yes, from single offices to multi-site practice groups, with work scheduled outside clinic hours.
Request a quote for a healthcare site
Send the address, the type of facility and the areas involved. If your facility issues ICRA permits, tell us the class.