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Immediate and targeted information of the care personnel is of special importance for an early evacuation. Coupling the fire detection system with the nurse call system provides valuable time advantages: Both systems are connected in such a way that a fire alert is also represented in plain speech on the nurse call system displays - for example in the duty rooms or via the DECT telephones. In this way the personnel can immediately initialize first firefighting measures and/or an orderly evacuation, even before the fire department arrives. Until now, this coupling was mostly achieved via a serial essernet interface (SEI). Ackermann clino and ESSER now offer a cost-effective alternative in which the connection between the fire alarm system and nurse call system is achieved directly via the fire department indicating panel (FAT 3000). In health-care service facilities, a fire department indicating is often part of the fire protection coverage according to German regulations and standards. In the future, additional hardware will no longer be necessary in order to use the nurse call system as the primary method of alarm.

Collective announcements can be configured within the Ackermann clino nurse call system. Through the use of a coupling terminal configured as a gateway (room terminal & VA/PA interface) voice alarm announcements can be activated through the nurse call system. In this way, a total of up to four areas, room types or presence groups can be freely preconfigured as announcement objectives onto a single coupling terminal. By using voice alarm components in connection with Ackermann clino system areas can be defined, which will be reached via the VA/PA system and announcements can be specifically transmitted into certain types of rooms (e.g. examination rooms, duty rooms, lounges or patient rooms). Another synergy effect is the dynamic forwarding to rooms in which the nursing staff is located, through the standard setting of the presence button.

Such a configuration can be used both for evacuation purposes as well as for announcements, such as general references on the ending of visiting hours or the specific addressing of certain groups of people (resuscitation team, service meetings, doctor's rounds, etc.). This special additional benefit offers many possibilities and a high potential for cost-reduction for hospitals and in the field of health care.

In hospitals and clinics, the new voice alarm product line offers interesting possibilities. Through intelligent networking of voice alarms, fire detection technology and care communication, comprehensive alarm and evacuation measures will be able to save valuable time in the event of an emergency.

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