User's Manual

Chapter 4: Handling Events
102 Series 7.0 Software (0510-1086-B) - User Guide
Band Off Alarm
When the Smart Sense Banding Material on a Smart Sense Infant Transmitter is removed, tampered with or
comes off of the infant’s extremity due to newborn weight loss, an alarm is sounded on the computer
configured to monitor the unit, a message is displayed in the Event List, and the location of the Alarming
Band Receiver that detected the event is indicated on the map on the computer(s). Band Off Alarms are also
displayed on remote notification devices. There are three measurements of tamper detection for a Band Off
Alarm.
• Temperature—detects the change in temperature of the transmitter
• Resistance—detects the stretching of the banding material
• Capacitance—detects the change in contact between transmitter and infant
If your facility has enabled the Lockdown on Band Off Alarms feature, a Band Off Alarm will trigger a
Global Lockdown.You can configure the Global Lockdown feature to lock doors at All exits or By
transmitter units. However if a Band Off Alarm is initiated during an Escort or a Transfer, the system
automatically locks All exits since the transmitter in Escort or Transfer may be outside of its protected unit
and displays the alarm on all Client computers and Quick Look displays.
To respond to a Band Off Alarm
1. Always follow your facility’s policies and procedures to ensure patient safety and secure the area.
2. Verify the transmitter is applied correctly and without signs of damage or tampering.
3. From the Client computer, click anywhere in the Band Off Alarm Message Box to access the Event
Information window.
4. Select one of the following event causes:
• Band Off—the banding material is off the infant.
• Clasp open —one of the clasps on the transmitter was open.
• Band cut—the banding material on the transmitter was cut.
• Band worn—the banding material on the transmitter is worn and must be replaced.
• Unauthorized open-—an unauthorized person opened the transmitter clasp.
• Adjust—a transmitter was being adjusted without authorization, an adjust was not requested
or an adjust occurred after the adjust time expired.
• Discharged —the transmitter was being removed in a discharge without authorization, a
discharge was not requested or a discharge occurred after the adjust time allowed.
• Te s t —the system was being tested.
• Other—opens a Clear Reason window, user must enter the cause in this window.
You cannot clear an event until you select the appropriate cause for the event. The event is cleared from
the Event List of every Client computer configured to monitor the unit
NOTE: Any perimeter alarms that occur due to a door open during a Band Off Alarm
require that the Band Off Alarm be cleared at the computer first, before the doors are
reset or cleared.