Directions for use
Table 29. Alarm and alert indications at (optional) hallway message panels and in message
window at the top of the Acuity Central Station screen
Message
Priority
Duration
Alarms
Monitor equipment
(red)
alerts
(yellow)
"RM number" followed by
Specific messages for specific alerts.
alarm-type and violating
vital sign.
Only highest priority message for each patient/monitor
is displayed. Lethal alarms take priority over all other
alarms.
If more than one patient has an alarm or alert at one
time, the messages rotate in and out.
New alarms appear before new alerts.
Messages appear for at least five seconds, and then other active messages
reappear, one-by-one. The Disk Failure equipment alert is displayed for two
minutes four times an hour.
Chapter 11 Specifications
System-wide
Patient
equipment alerts
information
(yellow)
alerts
(yellow)
No messages
Messages appear only
when no alarms or
monitor equipment
alerts are occurring.
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