Chapter 4
Patient stations
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station may light a single-section dome light by the bathroom inside
the patient room.
1. Press the Help button, or pull the cord (if the station has one), to
summon assistance from staff members. Doing so causes the
following to happen:
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The lavatory station Help light turns on.
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Any associated patient or staff/duty station‘s Call lights turn
on.
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The call assurance tone sounds at any associated patient
or staff/duty station.
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Top light sections in associated corridor and zone lights fast
flash red.
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The lavatory emergency tone (slow beeping) sounds at staff
consoles and all annunciators, at associated audio stations
in the patient room when presence is registered, and at
stations where staff follow is active.
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A lavatory emergency nurse call row appears on the Call
screens on staff consoles and all annunciators.
2. Press the Cancel button on the original lavatory station, or on
any associated station in the patient bathroom, to cancel the
lavatory emergency call.
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The lavatory station‘s Help light extinguishes.
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Call lights and dome lights extinguish.
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Sounds of the lavatory emergency tone stop.
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The lavatory emergency call row disappears from staff
consoles and annunciators.
If the nurse call had a reminder set for it, the following happens
when the Cancel button is pressed:
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Dome light display of the staff level reminder ceases.
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The reminder row disappears from staff console or
annunciator Reminders screens.
Note:
Lavatory emergency calls can be canceled
only
at the
originating station, or at another linked station in the same patient
bathroom.
Two-priority lavatory stations
Another type of lavatory station may be used in your facility: one
which permits placement of two different priority levels of nurse
calls. The station is waterproof and can double as a shower station.
The two-priority lavatory station (see Figure 33, below) provides an
Emerg button in addition to a Help button. By pressing Emerg or
