Healthcare furniture is getting techie — adding patient-monitoring capabilities, according to an article on the Health Facilities Maintenance website.
For instance, the iBed platform can monitor whether the bed exit alarm is armed or the side rail is up or down; basic patient characteristics, such as weight; and nursing protocols and procedures, such as turning a patient every two hours.
Wireless alerts sent through a facility’s existing third-party infrastructure allow caregivers to remotely monitor whether a bed is in a safe configuration as defined by hospital protocols.
A locator system also can help biomedical engineering or maintenance teams to find specific beds for scheduled preventive maintenance.
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