The Sonelco P6000 is an advanced system for patient-nurse communication. It is flexible and scalable, from those with the most basic facilities to those requiring multiple functions. In all cases, the system provides audible and visual patient call signalling. When a call is made, the room and bed (or bathroom) numbers appear in the control station display and an acoustic signal is heard, in accordance with hospital standard VDE0834. Also, for the module PH6011, a light appears in the corridor outside the room: red (for a normal call), red and white (a bath call) or flashing red and green (emergency call). In intercom systems, calls can be cancelled directly at the control station, except for bath and emergency calls, which are cancelled in the room, or in the bathroom itself, if so provided. Non-voice system calls cannot be cancelled from the control point, according to hospital standard VDE0834. The system features vary with the modules used. There are systems with voice communication between carers and patients, and others with a simple light and acoustic signal (with no voice). For the great benefits they provide, it is recommended to always install intercom systems, with a display module in the rooms. The benefits from such sys- tems are as follows:
The module to register presence in a room (PCH6025) means the system knows exactly where the nurse is at all times. So if a call is made while a nurse is attending a patient, the system diverts the call to a room where a nurse is available.