Norway – Alarm-monitoring services – Qualification: Patient signalling and alarm warning in Helse Sør-Øst for Sykehusparter HF

• Emergency alarms Notifications of critical person-close events to defined roles and specialist teams Emergency alarms are one of the most critical clinical signals in a hospital. In an acute situation such as during operations or during patient monitoring, there will be a need to call for a defined clinical team who must come to the actual location at the hospital or in connection with the hospital. Clinical teams are typical critical clinical 24/7 roles as chief physicians, clinician doctors, nurses, radiographers, intern medics and other critical physicians and health workers.

Notification of incidents and signals location in the event of a violence situation and/or an assault situation. An assault alarm system in a hospital and DPS/psychiatric unit is a system designed to protect patients, employees, visitors, technical and suppliers from attacks, assaults and unauthorised intrusion or other things that are seen as a threat or ongoing undesired event. The system shall be user friendly, reliable and comply with current requirements and standards.

Notification to health personnel about a patient situation triggered from rooms, sensors or safety alarms. Patient signalling includes systems and equipment for patient signalling systems for calling nurses and other health workers and doctors for patients in bed rooms, patient toilets/bathrooms, examination and treatment rooms, operations, isolation, communal rooms for patients as well as common areas such as waiting zones and toilets. Notifications shall be able to be activated by both patients and the personnel