on the medical facility signage.
c. Programmable assignment of patient room/bed number identification shall
provide for up to ten alphanumeric characters for each room/bed. It shall
be possible to program any identifying alphanumeric characters to any room
or bed in any sequence regardless of the physical location of the patient
station.
1.4.2
System Capability and Configuration
1.4.2.1
System Capability
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NOTE: If a the NCTV System is being specified for a
project or medical facility which provides a Radio
Paging System and/or a Wireless Telephone System
capability, then include the following Radio Paging
System and/or Wireless Telephone System interface
capability here and throughout this specification.
If such a Radio Paging System capability is NOT
available from the project or medical facility, then
delete this requirement here and throughout this
specification.
If the NCTV System is being specified for a medical
facility, which also requires a NCTV System that is
specified with supplemental enhanced operations,
then include the following capability.
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The NCAV System shall communicate patient and caregiver calls for
assistance and information. The NCAV System capabilities shall include the
following:
a. Fundamental operation for communication of patient and caregiver calls
for assistance and information, medical device alarms, and patient safety
and security alarms, from patient care spaces and areas.
b. Supplemental operation, as an enhanced adjunct to the fundamental
operation, for communication of patient ADT data, networked call routing,
call logging and reporting, and system maintenance.
c. Supplemental enhanced communication of call data and messages to
alphanumeric pagers and the messaging capability of wireless telephones
carried by appropriate medical facility staff.
d. Interface with the Section 16730A NURSE CALL TONE-VISUAL (NCTV) SYSTEM
for integrated use by the NCTV System of the supplemental enhanced
operations provided by the NCAV System.
1.4.2.2
System Configuration and Major Functional Components
The NCAV System shall be an integrated configuration of the Major
Functional Components listed below to provide the required system
capability and performance. The capability and configuration of each of
these Major Functional Components are defined below.
Nurse Call (NC) Subsystems
Central Code Annunciator Stations
SECTION 16731A
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