Overview - GE Telligence Patient-Staff Communications System Operation Manual

Chapter 6
Dome lights

Overview

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The Telligence System dome lights provide bright, easily understood,
visual annunciation of nurse calls — ensuring a quick response on
the part of facility caregivers. The more urgent a nurse call is, the
faster Telligence dome lights flash. Telligence Infinity series dome
lights, typically located in facility hallways, provide instant visual
cues to the type and source of nurse calls placed on the Telligence
System.
Telligence dome light colors and flash rates indicate the various
nurse call types and priorities. Each light section in a dome light can
be programmed to illuminate in one of nine possible colors: blue,
red, white, amber, green, pink, cyan, magenta, or yellow. Dome light
section colors indicate nurse call types and priorities, as well as
registered presence staff levels and staff levels assigned when
nurse calls are put on reminder.
When calls have been placed on reminder, Telligence dome lights'
bottom light sections slowly flash. Registering presence, also shown
in a dome light section, hides reminders that are at the presence
level and lower; if calls have not been canceled after presence is
removed, the dome light sections start slowly flashing again.
One model of Infinity dome lights, used for supervision purposes,
provides both visual and audible annunciation. This dome light
alerts staff with steady, slow, or fast tones and flashing lights. When
a supervisory dome light sounds a tone, it indicates power and data
interruption to a staff console or annunciator. Dome light visual and
auditory indicators are configurable according to the needs of the
facility.
Notes
• The term "dome light," as used in this manual, is used to
generically identify corridor lights, zone lights, nurses' station
supervisory lights, and even passive dome lights mounted by
bathroom doors inside patient rooms.
• For information on available models, see "Dome light models"
starting on page 122
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