HEALTHCARE COMMUNICATION PRODUCTS

CallGuard - Long Term Care

CallGuard is a complete emergency call system embracing today's IP technology and software to provide a comprehensive and flexible range of call types, alarms and options ensuring a prompt and efficient response by staff to resident's calls.

CallGuard is designed for 24-hour, 7-days-a-week reliability utilizing state of-the-art technologies to entirely satisfy the demands of extended care, retirement villages, nursing homes and assisted living facilities.

• Colored, easy-to-identify backlit silicon call stations
• User-friendly operation to instantly alert staff
• Remote audio visual call display at staff stations, corridors and essential over door light facilities
• User-friendly, master stations with color-coded multiple VGA monitors and alphanumeric displays
• Optional two-way staff-to-resident speech communication and public address
• Silent vibrating message pagers or wireless telephones allow staff total mobility with instant communication from resident or management
• Staff-to-resident allocation of pager and/or wireless phone
• Customization of call levels, alarm messages and priorities that can be programmed to automatically upgrade and relay to a selected combination of staff
• Selection of priority tone sounds and color designations
• Simple-to-use call reporting including average response times
• Automatic fault detection
• Automated backup and all systems battery-backed against power failure
• Lightning and static-protected
• Compatibility interfacing to:
• Existing nurse call systems
• Intruder alarms
• Ground and building access systems
• Smoke detectors and fire alarms
• Wandering resident systems
• Existing paging services
• Off-site telephone call systems
• RF pendants for mobile residents
• Modular design for expansion

CallGuard is designed to comply with AS 3811 Hard-wired patient alarm systems for hospitals; HTM Bedhead services (U.K.); BS EN 60601.1.; CSA 601-1-M90; UL 2601.1.; Electrical Equipment General Requirements for Safety; UL 1069 Hospital Signaling and Nurse Call Equipment.  It is also manufactured in general accordance with the requirements of international quality assurance standard ISO9000

Dementia Care

Austco's Dementia Care System integrates with CallGuard to provide a total non-intrusive monitoring and emergency call system for the care of residents suffering from confusion as a result of Alzheimer's or other Dementia disorders. The DCS-2000 is a small, easy-to-use, two button-operated microprocessor controllers that alerts staff to resident's need for care.

Installed next to the door just outside the resident's room, the DCS-2000 integrates with various non-intrusive movement sensors such as a Bed Occupancy Sensor, door reed switch and PIR movement detectors. The sophisticated microprocessor software analyzes the movements detected by these sensors to ‘normal' behavior and if not, an alarm is raised to alert staff that the resident needs care.  Using a simple single key action, staff can select one of 16 predefined behavior profiles to be used by the DCS-2000 software as ‘normal' behavior for a particular resident. This avoids unnecessary alarms when the resident, for example, leaves the bed, goes to the toilet and returns to bed.

The DCS-2000 incorporates pre-emptive light cuing based on the selected behavior profile and analysis of movement to automatically switch main room and/or other room lights on or off to assist and guide the resident. CallGuard is designed for 24-hour, 7-days-a-week reliability utilizing state of- the-art technologies to entirely satisfy the demands of extended care, retirement villages, nursing homes and assisted living facilities.

At the heart of the Dementia Care system is the BOS (Bed Occupancy Sensor). The AUSTCO BOS is based on patented Kinotex®, a smart fibre optic pressure sensing component manufactured by Tactex. The BOS is a long-life, under the mattress sensor that alerts a care-giver when a resident is out of bed.

Medicom - Acute Care

MediCom is a complete nurse call system embracing today's IP technology and software to provide a comprehensive and flexible range of call types, alarms and display options ensuring prompt and efficient responses by nurses to patient's calls.

MediCom uses state-of-the-art technologies that allow systems to be tailored to suit the particular needs of even the largest hospital and provide 24-hour, 365-days-ayear reliability.  Its features include:

• Easy-to-use multi-function patient handset for nurse call, TV/Radio and lights
• Colored, easy-to-identify backlit silicon call stations with audio visual assurance
• Wet-area water-resistant call stations including shower pull cord with safety break-apart link fitting
• Patient-friendly operation to instantly alert nurses
• Bright, easy-to-see, color-configurable LED corridor lamps
• Colored alphanumeric corridor call displays with tone alert
• Easy-to-use, master station options including colored LCD display option with touch-screen operations
• Unit/ward swing capabilities
• Two-way nurse-to-patient speech ("talk-back") option with public address and nurse-to-nurse paging
• Integrated paging with silent vibrating RF message pagers or wireless telephones to provide total mobility with instant communication with patients or other staff
• Optional NURSE PRESENT mode of operation with staff locate capability
• On-site customization of call types, priorities, tones, color designations, alarm messages, pager/telephone groups and assignments, call escalation and DAY/NIGHT operation
• Dynamic nurse-to-patient pager and/or wireless telephone assignment
• Call upgrade facilities and automatic EMERGENCY/CODE BLUE override
• Simple-to-use call reporting including average response times
• Networking of master stations for centralized paging, alarm logging, CODE BLUE notification and printing of events.
• Easy to install and to expand, modularly connected system components.
• Automatic system monitoring, fault detection and notification
• Battery back-up against power failure.
• Lightning and static-protected.
• Compatibility interfacing to:
• Existing nurse call systems.
• Existing paging or telephone systems.
• Critical plant or equipment failure alarms.
• Fire alarms and smoke detectors.

MediCom is designed to comply with AS 3811 Hard-wired patient alarm systems for hospitals; HTM Bedhead services (U.K.); BS EN 60601.1.; CSA 601-1-M90; UL 2601.1.; Electrical Equipment General Requirements for Safety; UL 1069 Hospital Signaling and Nurse Call Equipment.  It is also manufactured in general accordance with the requirements of international quality assurance standard ISO9000