Patient Station Tone Alerts - GE Telligence Patient-Staff Communications System Operation Manual

Chapter 4
Patient stations
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Equip status light
• A steady yellow Equip status light indicates a jack is being used
by auxiliary equipment (such as a heart monitor, IV stand, etc.),
instead of by a call cord.
• The Equip status light slow flashes when a plug is inserted into
the auxiliary jack.
Status light
• A steady red Status light indicates that a staff member has
registered presence.
• A flashing red Status light indicates a staff follow call.
• A fast flashing red Status light indicates an alarm condition.
• A steady green Status light indicates an ongoing audio
connection.
• A slow flashing green Status light indicates the patient station is
in privacy mode.
The status light indicates a number of conditions in the following
order of priority:
1. Error state
2. Staff follow
3. Privacy mode
4. Ongoing audio connection
5. Registered presence is indicated.

Patient station tone alerts

Patient stations, like all Telligence System devices that emit sound,
sound the same note but vary the tone's pattern — from a rapidly
repeating note, through a slow repetition of the note, to a
continuous note sound — to signal different call priorities and other
factors in the nurse call system. Patient station tones only last for a
short time.
• Pre-alert: The patient station beeps once when an audio
condition is established.
• Call assurance: The call assurance tone sounds at the patient
station to indicate that a call was generated.
• Lavatory: When an emergency call has been made from a
lavatory, the patient station associated with it starts to beep
slowly and continuously upon presence being registered in the
patient room.
• Staff follow: When a staff member registers presence in a
patient room, staff follow tones sound at the patient station.
Notes
• Staff follow tones sound for only 2 seconds at patient stations.
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