a third time to the primary caregivers and the second tier backup
caregivers. Calls shall continue to be transmitted until they are answered
and cancelled.
j. Any call from a patient care location can be relayed directly to the
individual pager or group of pagers, wireless phone or group of wireless
phones, carried by the caregivers assigned to the call origination point
and level of care on each shift. The system shall automatically perform
this direct relay function to the appropriate pagers and wireless phones by
cross?referencing each individual caregiver duty assignment data with each
pager and wireless phone assignment, and address/number data.
k. Call relay function for all master stations shall be able to be
initiated in any one of three ways.
(1) Attended, Semiautomatic Mode: When calls are being handled at a
master station the attendant shall be able to relay a call to the
appropriate pager or wireless phone by activating a transmit function while
the call is still registered on the NC Subsystem. Before relaying the
call, the attendant shall be able to add a service-required message of up
to at least 16 characters to the call that is in addition to the room/bed
number. Service messages could be any one of at least 48 preprogrammed
messages or an alphanumeric text message that is manually entered from the
master station keyboard.
(2) Unattended, Automatic Mode: When a master station is unattended,
the station can be switched to an automatic transmission mode whereby all
calls coming to the master station shall automatically be relayed to the
appropriate pagers and wireless phones. The transmission shall include the
room/bed number and call type.
(3) Preprogrammed, Automatic Mode: Specific call types can be
programmed for automatic relay to the appropriate pagers and wireless
phones even if the master station that normally handles the call is
attended. This mode can typically include calls such as code and emergency
calls, and all types of alarm and service calls.
Additionally, each
patient station can be individually programmed for patient priority call
status whereby all patient calls shall be automatically relayed to the
appropriate pager or wireless phone. Such automatic relayed calls shall
include the room/bed number and the call type.
l. Radio pager or wireless phone messages can be originated from any
master station. A preprogrammed or a manually entered alphanumeric text
message can be originated by use of the master station keyboard. This can
be routed via duty assignments by keying in the room/bed number, or
directly to an individual or group by keying in their name or pager address
or wireless phone number.
m. Master stations where calls have been captured by another master
station in the system (call capture function) shall retain the capability
to originate and transmit radio pages and wireless phone messages.
n. Whenever a fault is detected by the built-in fault diagnostics of the
system, pagers or wireless phones assigned to the maintenance staff shall
indicate a fault condition and the location of the faulty component.
1.4.3.9
Failure Modes, Alarms and Diagnostics
a.
Failure of the LAN shall not affect the functional integrity of any
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