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11.12.4.6
Emergency Pull Cord Stations. Emergency pull cord stations will
be provided in each public toilet, patient toilet, shower, tub, and at each
CCU and ICU toilet/lavatory location, except in psychiatric patient areas.
11.12.4.7
Emergency Push Button Stations. Emergency push button stations
will be provided at each nursery intensive, continuing care, and isolation
bassinet location; in each normal, admission, and observation nursery; and
each parent feeding space.
11.12.4.8
O R Stations. Stations will be provided in each operating room,
cystoscopy room, cardiac catheterization, Angiography procedure room and
nursery procedure room. Two switch stations will be provided in the delivery
and birthing room, one to support the mother and one to support infant
11.12.4.9
Auxiliary Medical Device Alarm Jack. Auxiliary medical device
alarm jack will be provided on each patient station, one per bed, except in
CCU and ICU. Two, one on each side of the bed, will be provided in CCU and
ICU.
11.12.4.10 Duty Stations. Duty stations provide and audio intercom
capability plus visual and audible annunciation of calls on the system. Duty
stations will be provided in the staff lounges, patient/prep hold, clean core,
decontamination, equipment cleanup and storage, and anesthesia clean and
soiled workrooms; linen, equipment, and supply storage rooms; trash rooms;
treatment rooms; nourishment pantry; mediprep; staff work rooms; tub/shower
rooms; and nurseries.
11.12.4.11 Staff Stations. Staff stations provide an audio intercom
capability and will be provided in nurse, NCOIC, and ward master offices;
dayrooms; conference, waiting, interview, pediatric play, operating, delivery,
emergency, cystoscopy, cardiac catheterization, and Angiography rooms;
isolation and seclusion room anterooms; and nursery parent teaching/feeding
and procedure rooms.
11.12.4.12 Dome Lights. Dome lights without a tone device will be provided
outside the entrance to each room which has a patient station, psychiatric
push button station, emergency pullcord, emergency push button, and elbow
switch for emergency calls.
11.12.4.13 Zone Dome Lights. Zone dome lights will be provided at corridor
intersections to direct traffic to the call origination point.
11.12.4.14 Central Equipment Panels. Central equipment panels will be
11.12.4.15 Central Printer. Central printer, if required by the Using
11.12.4.16
Patient Bed Devices. The Designer shall coordinate with the
equipment to determine if beds with integral devices are to be provided. The
appropriate connections, coordinated with the equipment shall be provided for
connection of Nurse call and telephone system to the bed equipment.
11.12.5
System features.
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