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Bed Exit Alert System: Respond and Silence
When a patient triggers the bed exit alert system, an alert sounds. If the
bed is plugged into the Nurse Call system, a priority alert will be sent to the
nurse’s station, to the caregiver’s phone or pager, and the dome light above
the patient’s door will flash.
If the bed is equipped with verbal safety prompt, the patient will hear four-
beeps plus a verbal reminder “Please don’t get up,” AND if plugged into nurse
call, “The care team has been called.”
Other indicators, such as the Sa bell icon and the IllumiGuide™
handrail, will flash amber, indicating an alert has been triggered.
Silence the Bed Exit Alert System without deactivating the system.
To respond to an alert, select Silence on the GCI touchscreen or press the
Alert Silence control on the siderail. This will Silence the alert for an initial
30-seconds with the option to add 1 or 5-minutes of silence, if more time is
needed with the patient.
Bed Exit Alert System: Pre-emptive Silence
To avoid triggering the alert, pre-emptively silence the alert before caring
for the patient by pressing the Alert Silence control on the siderail until the
yellow indicator light turns on. The touchscreen displays Bed Exit Silenced
and will silence the alert for an initial 30-seconds, with the option to add 1 or
5-minutes of silence, if more time is needed with the patient.
While the alert is silence, a low-volume, triple beep will sound every
10-seconds, and if available, the Sa and IllumiGuide™ lights will
be solid amber. These are reminders to Resume the alert before leaving the
patient.
NOTE: During this Silence mode, the system stops monitoring patient
movements; therefore, the system will not notify the care team or alert. While
the system is in the Silence mode, you can change the position of the patient
or assist the patient out of the bed.
If you finish the task before the silence timer has expired, press Resume
on the touchscreen or press the Bed Exit Alert control on the siderail to
reactivate the Bed Exit Alert.
When the alert is silenced and the patient gets out of bed, the bed goes
into a “Bed waiting for patient” mode and if equipped, the Sa bed
exit icon and IllumiGuide® lights will be solid amber. When in silence and
the patient is not in the bed, the amber bed exit icon will be the only icon
projected on the floor and the low-volume triple beep will not sound. The
bed will remain in this state until the patient returns to the bed or the Bed
Exit alert is turned Off.
G R APH I C AL C AR EG I V E R I N T E R FACE (G CI)® TO U CHSCR E E N
Bed Exit Alert
Silence
Bed Alert Silenced
01:00
1 Minute
5 Minutes
Resumes monitoring after:
Bed Exit Off
Resume
Bed Alert Silenced
00:30
1 Minute
5 Minutes
Resumes monitoring after:
Bed Exit Off
Resume
Bed Exit Off
Bed Alert Silenced
Bed waiting for patient...
