| p>In today's technological world a wireless nurse call | | | | certified to Underwriters Laboratories UL1069 as we |
| system, will normally be the cheapest, most | | | | move into a period of time that many facilities will |
| configurable, and most reliable answer for receiving | | | | begin to take on more acute care residents as the |
| emergency alarms from the occupants in your | | | | graying of society increases. There are actually very |
| hospital or assisted living care home. | | | | few wireless nurse call systems that have completed |
| Alongside the newer, wireless nurse alerting systems | | | | the absolutely stringent testing requirements in order |
| there are a myriad of clunky old "call bell" systems in | | | | to achieve UL1069 certification as an Alerting system |
| use today. Every type of assisted living, hospital or | | | | for skilled care environments. Carefully consider |
| care home building that is licensed for health care | | | | wireless, as your system, but be sure that is meets |
| must have one as they are a mandatory Patient | | | | these requirements or you may regret your purchase |
| Safety System. The majority of care facilities have | | | | some day. |
| nurse call systems that are hard-wired into the rooms | | | | Many care professionals are unable to grasp the |
| while a growing number are adopting wireless nurse | | | | potential of innovative wireless nurse call systems. |
| call technologies. | | | | Their uses extend far beyond the basic principles of |
| The standard systems such as Dukane Nurse Call, | | | | ringing a nurse for help, or even simple voice |
| Rauland and others are much more expensive on the | | | | communicating between the patient and the nurse. |
| installation front, as well as being somewhat | | | | Wireless nurse alerting systems nowadays are |
| constrained when it comes to integration possibilities. | | | | actually both information and voice systems which |
| The newer Wireless Nurse Call technologies are far | | | | can and should be incorporated with both the PBX |
| less expensive to purchase, install, as well as maintain, | | | | your staff employs, as well as the individual |
| and are also much more flexible when it comes to | | | | telephones in the resident rooms. |
| adding new devices to your system in the future. | | | | Health facility professionals must consider integration |
| Wireless safety products for the care industry began | | | | to other data and communicating systems and |
| to surface in the marketplace in the 1990's and are | | | | substructure cabling to operate effectively and allow |
| now the fastest growing segments of hospital care | | | | an advanced degree of functionality and capacities. |
| products. A crucial point when selecting wireless | | | | Wireless Nurse Call systems provide this and much |
| signaling is to be mindful that the system MUST be | | | | more. |