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Specifications

Welch Allyn Connectivity Server

Alarms delivered

Default:
Lethal arrhythmia events (always delivered)

Configurable:
Delivery can include any Acuity System patient alarms, except
arrhythmia types and ST events if set to low level at Acuity
System in Arrhythmia Alarms Setup window.

Vibration duration

2 vibrations, followed by a 20 s pause

Different types of tones

Lethal arrhythmia event (VTACH, ASYS, VFIB):
BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP...
Four loud beeps followed by a brief pause

High-level arrhythmia and ST events (as specified at Acuity
System), apnea events:
BEEP BEEP BEEP...
Three loud beeps followed by a brief pause

Vital-sign alarms, medium-level arrhythmia and ST events (as
specified at Acuity):
BEEP beep...
A pair of beeps (one high beep and one lower beep) followed
by a brief pause

Low battery alerts:
BEEP...
A single beep followed by a long pause

Network and Acuity Disconnect alerts: Chirp!
A single “chirp” followed by a 20 s pause

Minimum amount of time alarm must be asserted
by Acuity Central Station before it is delivered to
mobile devices (alarm delivery holdoff)

Default 4 s
Configurable 0-15 s

Note: System and network latencies can result in additional delay
of up to 2 s before delivery.

Delivery modes

Default: Escalation
Configurable: Broadcast or escalation

Escalation mode timing

Secondary holdoff time: holdoff after primary notification delivery
before sending to secondary notification devices (if no primaries
suspended):
Default: 30 s

0 s if no primary respondents are indicated or reachable

Configurable: 0-60 s

Broadcast holdoff time: holdoff after primary notification before
broadcasting to all devices:
Configurable 0-120 s
Default: 60s

Broadcast immediately if no primary or secondary
respondents are indicated

Note: System and network latencies can result in additional delay
of up to 2 s before secondary notification and broadcast.

Tone/vibration delay and additional alarm popup
delay if clinician taps in Clinician Notifier in
response to an alarm

10 s after last tap. Visual notification is not delayed in these
places:

Alarm status bar at top of page

Active Alarms page

Table 9. WACS AcuityLink option: Clinician Notifier alarm and alert indications

Feature

Specification

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