Posey Sitter Elite® - Manual (Page 18)


18 Sitter Elite
Nurse Call Interface
You can connect the Sitter Elite to your facility nurse call system when you connect the
optional Nurse Call Cable Cat. 8282. This allows you to add the options and notification
associated with your specific nurse call system such as nursing station notification and patient
room lights and sounds. With this feature, the alarm can be:
• Silenced in patient’s room to reduce roommate disturbance (“Mute”); or
• Set for “Voice Only”, instead of alarm tone.
NOTE: Alarm automatically switches to “Voice and Tone” if nurse call cable is removed from
the alarm. This ensures in-room voice and tone notice to staff if patient attempts to rise when
nurse call cable is no longer connected to the alarm.
To Connect the Nurse Call Cable:
1. Insert one end of cable into “Nurse Call” jack on right side of alarm (fig. 20).
2. Insert the other end of cable into wall jack of nurse call panel. Depending on your system,
you may need a “Y” adapter to use the Posey Sitter Elite and the patient nurse call device at
the same time.
When using a nurse call cable, ensure the nurse call
cable is plugged in to both the alarm and the wall jack before
leaving the patient unattended. Verify that an alert is received at
the nursing station if the cable is unplugged from the wall jack.
NOTE: There will be no alert at the nursing station or at the
bedside if the nurse call cable is unplugged from the alarm.
If the nurse call cable is unplugged from the alarm when it is in
“Voice Only” or “Mute” mode, the alarm will default to “Voice and
Tone” as a failsafe.
FOR SAFE USE WITH NURSE CALL CABLE:
• DO NOT stretch or strain cable to avoid possible damage and
possible malfunction.
• DO NOT attach cable to moving parts of the bed or chair that will cause strain or
damage if the bed or chair is repositioned.
• ALWAYS position the cable so that moving parts (side rails, wheels, etc.) will not cause
strain or damage the cable.
• DO NOT run over the cable with carts or equipment.
• DO NOT wrap the cable tightly during storage.
• ALWAYS remove the cable by pulling on the jack. DO NOT pull on the cable.
• ALWAYS secure the cable out of the way so it will not be a tripping hazard.
• ALWAYS test alarm and nurse call function prior to leaving the patient unattended.
Activate the alarm (remove pressure from sensor, unfasten chair belt sensor, or remove
magnet from face plate) and make sure the nurse call light for the proper bed and room
activate in the hall and at the nurse’s station.
• DO NOT use the alarm, sensor or magnet if it does not activate each time weight is
removed from the sensor, the chair belt sensor is unfastened, or magnet is removed
from face plate. Replace alarm and sensor with working units and retest before leaving
the patient unattended (see pages 22-24).
NURSE
CALL
SENSOR
9V
Fig. 20