Medical Device Emergency Alarm
Failure Alarm
#3 Priority
Patient Priority
Cord or Bed Disconnected
#4 Routine
Patient Routine
Medical Device Routine Alarm
Voice Intercom
b. The system shall simultaneous process all calls regardless of the
priority. However, when several different priority calls are present on
the system at any one time, the highest priority call shall take precedence
over lower priority calls.
(1) For annunciation on duty stations, dome lights, and zone lights
that use common tone and visual indicators for multiple types of calls, the
highest priority call shall override the lower priority call. For example,
if dome or zone lights indicate an emergency call by a solid red light and
a code blue by a flashing red light, the dome and zone lights shall display
a flashing red light when there are both an emergency call and a code call
at the same time.
(2) For master stations that display calls in a list, the displayed
list of calls shall be in priority order, with the highest priority calls
at the top of the displayed list. Existing lower priority calls shall be
displaced in the displayed list by the occurrence of a higher priority
call. For example, if a routine call is first in the list and a code call
occurs, the code call shall jump ahead of the routine call in the displayed
list.
(3) When more then one call is being processed at the same time
through the radio page server and/or wireless phone server, the highest
priority call type shall take precedence and be transmitted ahead of lower
priority calls.
1.4.3.6
Call Routing
Call routing throughout the system shall be software programmable to
provide the selectable call routing defined below. All patient data and
caregiver data associated with any call shall automatically accompany the
call routing.
a.
Call Routing - Dome Lights
All call types from any call station within a patient care room or cubicle
shall annunciate on the dome light(s) located outside the entry into the
room or cubicle. Calls from patient toilet/shower rooms off of a patient
bedroom shall annunciate on the dome light located outside the entry into
the patient bedroom.
b.
Call Routing - Zone Lights
(1) Within a patient care area, the routing of any call type from any
call station to each zone light shall be programmable to allow annunciation
of calls on a zone light from any combination of call stations. Each zone
light shall be programmed to present a pattern of illuminated zone lights
that the caregiver can follow from any corridor in the patient care area to
get to the corridor where a call has been initiated from a patient care
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