design.
1.4.3
Performance Requirements
1.4.3.1
NC Subsystem Functions and Features
a. The NCTV System shall communicate patient and caregiver calls for
assistance from patient care spaces and areas in the form of alert tones
and visual indicators at locations that are associated with the call
station. The NCTV System shall also route alphanumeric messages to pagers
carried by caregivers.
b. All NC Subsystems shall have the same basic feature package for
standardization and to simplify maintenance problems. Features not
required in a particular patient care area shall not be activated on the NC
Subsystem serving the area at the time of installation. However, the
medical facility user shall be able to easily program the activation of
these inactive features at any time thereafter without any assistance from
the system Contractor.
1.4.3.2
Call Types and Points of Origin
The NCTV System shall communicate the types of calls defined below from the
noted points of origin.
a. Emergency Call. Patient or caregiver calls for emergency assistance
from an emergency push button station or emergency pull cord station.
b. Code Blue Call.
Caregiver calls for code blue assistance from a code
blue station.
c. Failure Alarm Call. Failure alarm calls from all electronically
supervised circuits and equipment, and from all failure diagnostic programs
throughout the system.
1.4.3.3
Call Annunciation Modes
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NOTE: If all dome lights and zone lights are not
required to be equipped with an alert tone sound
capability, include item "d." below.
If there is both a NCTV System and a NCAV System in
the medical facility, then add item "j." below.
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a. Each call shall annunciate throughout the system by various
combinations of visual indicators and alert tones, and the digital display
of alphanumeric data and messages. The specific annunciation for each call
type shall be as specified herein for each call type and source of call.
b. When a call is placed from an emergency station or code blue station, a
call assurance lamp on the station shall illuminate to indicate that the
call has been registered on the system. This call assurance lamp shall
remain illuminated until the call is cancelled at the station.
c. On dome lights and zone lights, a variety of colored lamps with steady
or flashing illumination shall provide clear and absolute distinction
between call priority levels [and sound an alert tone signal]. Call
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