Introducing a new class of fire detection Care Communications Real Time Location Systems Improving Patient Flow, Safety and Efficiency Features at a Glance - Staff & patient location - Patient flow - Hand hygiene monitoring - Nurse call automation - Bed management - Integrated staff attack - Asset management - Extensive analysis tools - Systems integration - Worry free prompts - Exposure control Your Organisations Concerns and Objectives To begin with, we listen to your organisation s concerns and targets. Typical issues include the need to locate staff and equipment, improve response times, drive operational efficiency and patient/staff safety. How Does it Work? Badges and asset tags with unique ID s constantly report back their location to ceiling mounted infra-red / radio frequency receivers. We establish a clinical-grade standard by combining safe, invisible infrared (IR) light and the communication capabilities of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID). This provides the most precise locating technology available to healthcare. Staff, patients, visitors and assets can all then be located and tracked in real time to deliver workflow operational efficiencies. Return on Investment The key to getting any capital investment approved is so often Return On Investment (ROI). We ll help justify these goals with our technology. Integrated with ZETTLER Nurse Call Platform The system sits on our established Zetsafe Safety & Efficiency platform. This enables you to easily add nurse call and staff attack components whilst keeping cost and disruption to a minimum. Applications - General Hospitals - Private Hospitals - Walk in Clinics - Surgeries - Long-Term Care Facilities Key Advantages: Fast Return on Investment Drives & Enhances Efficiency Reveals Process Bottlenecks Improves Patient Outcomes Safer. Smarter. Tyco.
Introduction to Software & Hardware Feature Focus Software Locate equipment, patients, residents and staff to save time - Reduce time spent searching - Improve asset utilisation - Quickly find life-critical or recalled equipment Patient Flow Patient Flow is one of most powerful packages and with good reason. You ll know at a glance, where patients are and how long they ve been waiting, patient status (ready to be seen, with doctor, in X-ray, etc.), room status (available, assigned, in need of cleaning), where patients and caregivers should go next and where bottlenecks are causing delays. Automate your operations to optimise time - Automatically communicate patient status and next steps - Cue caregivers when patients are ready to be seen - Automatically alert when rooms/beds are ready for turnover Integrate with other systems to lessen time-consuming tasks - Automate bed assignments and more in your emergency room - Display emergency room, lab and other data on one electronic white board Analyse passively collected, objective data to improve processes - Reduce rental & capital costs - Enhance hand hygiene participation - Reveal bottlenecks Different Views to Suit Needs Enterprise View provides floorplans and List Views to provide situational awareness. Our Analytics package allows unprecedented historical insight into operations for process improvement. Exposure Control Managing a Virus Outbreak In the event of an outbreak from a deadly virus such as MERS, by using our powerful Exposure analytics software, your facility will immediately know who had come into contact with the contagious patient. Feature Focus Hardware IR/RFID Badges Safe and Reliable These lightweight portable units transmit their location in real time to the ceiling receivers. The wearer s ID can be affixed. An integral staff attack button is also included. Ceiling Mounted IR/RF Receivers Discreet and Effective The infra-red receivers are available in two types a short range unit for accurate positioning and a longer range unit for a more general response. Asset Location Managing Material Resources By utilising small, lightweight tags affixed to assets, the vital location of equipment is constantly updated in real time. This information can be displayed on a PC with our software. Care Communications Server Purpose designed to operate in environments where robustness and continuity of operation is vital, our care communication server offers a wide range of interfaces for the integration of various areas. 2
The Nurse Call Advantage Advantages of RTLS & Nurse Call on One Network Integral Nurse Call Automation A common request is Nurse Call Automation. As nurses enter the room, their 'presence' is automatically registered and time stamped. The active 'presence' condition will automatically reset as they leave the room. This also captures nurse rounding data. Planning Nurse Call Upgrades? Don t worry, they can be easily and painlessly added at a later date in a straight forward and affordable way. One Network Less Cost & Disruption By combining systems, there s less wiring and disruption. Zetsafe Safety & Efficiency Platform For Peace of Mind Since our system is based on circuits that are divided into independent segments, any rule exceptions to normal operation will be immediately detected and will only affect the system locally. Zetsafe Network Switch For Added System & Fault Resilience With the many advantages that IP systems offer, it s critical that switching devices (through which room IP devices are connected) are safely designed. In the event of a network switch fault, our unique Zetsafe emergency call technology would provide a secondary communications path to maintain maximum possible system functionality. ZETTLER Nurse Call A Truly Global Presence With over 12,500 healthcare ZETTLER Nurse Call installations, ZETTLER is established in 35 countries and over 600,000 bedrooms. What ZETTLER Features Do our Clients Appreciate? - An Impressive Suite of Unit Choices - Superior Anti-Microbial Protection - Standard or Speech Options - Zetsafe Safety Network - Choice of LON/LAN Configurations - Backwards Compatibility - Wide Array of Integration Options - Staff Attack Options Feature Focus Optional Nurse Call Upgrade Path Displays A Wealth of Clear Information and Easy to Use Patient s Handsets Designed for the Modern Healthcare Environment Our units typically display precise call types and calling locations according to preset priorities. Standard & speech type operations are available. To assist in the battle against Hospital Associated Infections, our new range of handset plastics, cords and plugs are anti-microbially treated for even greater protection. Room Units Carefully Designed for the Healthcare Environment Designing aesthetically pleasing call units is vital, but so too is the need to make them reliable and easy to use. The modular design allows parts to be changed without needing to replace the whole unit. Staff Attack Options Taking Care of your Staff, Patients and Visitors In difficult working situations, the reassurance that our well designed staff attack system can offer is invaluable. For staff on the move, alarms can be raised via portable transmitter units. 3
Most Deployed RTLS Technology in Healthcare Patient Flow More than just location workflow automation for clinics, operating rooms & A&E Hand Hygiene Automated monitoring for hand hygiene compliance Nurse Call Automation Real-time staff location and call cancellation enables nurse rounding analysis Bed Management Real-time, automated bed census for improved patient flow hospital-wide Staff Attack Portable, location-aware alert integrated button for enhanced safety Asset Management Accurate tracking and equipment management for optimal utilisation and lowering costs Analytics Ready-to-run reports for turning location data into business intelligence Systems Integration Bi-directional data sharing: electronic medical records, temp monitoring, scheduling & more Accurate Locating Technology Unlike other RTLS technologies, infrared (IR) and radio frequency (RFID) technology allows for very precise locating. Since IR signals cannot penetrate walls, we can easily achieve room-level locating. By focusing IR sensors, we can define smaller, subroom areas to distinguish two or more locations for bed- or chair-level locating. V-Direct Wired - 11th generation infrastructure - Install once, minimal maintenance - Easily achieves bed- and chair-level accuracy From Entry-Level Locating to Advanced Applications Integrated to RTLS Visibility software to provide entry-level locating, while our RTLS Advantages suites deliver sophisticated workflow solutions. Powerful Systems Integration Capabilities Scheduling Systems, Asset Management Software, Laboratory Platforms and more can be automated and integrated with our RTLS solution. Want to show data from your existing systems on our Enterprise Views? We can bring together previously disparate data including: - Patient name and appointment time from scheduling - Patient acuity from Electronic Health Records - Labs ordered/completed from lab system 4
'Glance & Go' Screens For your next Move Communicate Patient Status & Next Steps Once we ve automated your operations to optimise time, wherever your 'Glance & Go' Screens are located, you ll easily be able to automatically communicate patient status and next steps to your staff, saving valuable time and enhancing safety along the way. There will be no need to use old fashioned manual whiteboards anymore staff will be free to be carers again. Here are just three examples of our easy to understand, intuitive screens: List View: This automatically updated electronic whiteboard, requires no manual data entry. Know at a glance not only patient location, but also progression through their visit. Our displays and automatically updates patient locations and room assignments, acuity levels, and lab and x-ray orders. It also allows caregivers to automatically 'claim' patients, helping caregivers to easily identify the responsible caregiver. Optional wait time alerts (with timers based on acuity level) help ensure timely visits and patient satisfaction. Floor Plan View: If your preference is for a more graphic style of display, then maybe you ll prefer our Enterprise View Floorplan. A quick glance at the screen allows staff to assess current room status and operation conditions. With respect to the room/bed status, you quickly know whether it s available, assigned or in need of cleaning to improve patient rooming and room turnover times. Reports Plus Analytics: Beautifully simple to understand graphical displays such this help staff quickly grasp the status of the metrics that they are trying to measure and the goals that they are trying to attain. They help users better understand resource utilisation, workloads and staffing needs. You ll easily be able to benchmark your A&E Dept s wait times, room turnover rates, lengths of stay and more against your own goals. We ll help you monitor workflow and automatically cue caregivers to take next steps. 5
Care Communications Typical Integrated System Reports Plus Software for Historical Analysis Ethernet Cable (CAT 5/6) PSU c/w Battery Backup LON Bus Cable Bay 1 Bay 2 Bay 3 IP Gateway Nurse Call with Automated Staff Location & Call Reset Call Unit Patient s Handset Ancillary Cable Three Bay Ward RF Ceiling Receiver IR Ceiling Receivers Speech Workstation & Tracking Controller Staff Base Console LON Bus Cable Active IR/RF Staff / Patient Badges & Asset Tags Ceiling Receivers & Active IR/ RF Badges & Asset Tags RF Ceiling Receiver IR Ceiling Receivers Ancillary Cable Outpatients / A & E Dept Maintenance Rooms RF Ceiling Receiver IR Ceiling Receivers Tracking Controllers Hand Hygiene Participation Infection Control Locations Soap Dispenser Unit Receivers Ethernet Cable (CAT 5/6) 'Glance & Go' Staff Screens Nurse Bases CareComms Server Floorplan View List View Integration to 3rd Party IT Systems Protocols: HL7, XML and Web Services, SQL, TCP/IP Socket Trademarks: Versus Technology, Inc. product photos are used with permission. All rights reserved. This product or its systems are covered by one or more of the following U.S. and Europe patents and trademarks that are listed at www.versustech.com. Contact us for further information: RTLS Communications Ltd. 71-75 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2H 9JQ Tel.: 0800 9788 395, E-mail: info@rtls.uk.com, Internet: www.rtls.uk.com 950.0015E-UK_RTLS V3.0.1 6. Mrz 2015