Wireless Phones And Pager Systems - GE Telligence Patient-Staff Communications System Operation Manual

Wireless phones and pager systems

Telligence Patient-Staff Communication System Operation Manual
Your facility may have chosen one or more of the following wireless
phone systems and/or paging systems or technologies:
SpectraLink wireless phone system
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One of many third-party paging systems
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Both the SpectraLink wireless phone system and a third-party
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pager system
Emergin Communications Gateway, beyond which multiple
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communications solutions may be in place
SpectraLink wireless phone system
Because staff members at many facilities already use SpectraLink
wireless handsets to answer ProCare 6000 nurse calls, it is
anticipated that staff members at these facilities will want to use
SpectraLink wireless handsets to answer Telligence nurse calls as
well.
When used with ProCare 6000, SpectraLink's Link 150, Link 3000,
and NetLink handsets make a distinctive ring tone when receiving a
nurse call — distinguishing these calls from calls made from regular
phones or other wireless phones. SpectraLink also has a vibrate-
alert feature for its handsets which permits signaling of incoming
calls in facility quiet zones.
Instructions for using SpectraLink phones are provided in the
SpectraLink instruction manual included with your Telligence
system.
Third-party paging systems
Like ProCare 6000, Telligence can be configured so that nurse calls
automatically page staff members who need to be alerted about
calls from or about patients in their duty areas when they are
attending to duties away from the nursing unit staff console.
If you have a pager that can receive nurse calls, ask your supervisor
for information as well as for user documentation for the pager.
Using systems via the Emergin Communications
Gateway
For use with Telligence only, or for use with both ProCare and
Telligence, your facility may have chosen to use wireless phone
systems like Vocera, pager systems, and/or other communications
solutions enabled by the Emergin Communications Gateway. Both
nurse call systems communicate with the Emergin Communications
Gateway by means of the Pocket Page Bridge.
Appendix A
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