User's Manual

Chapter 4: Handling Events
108 Series 7.0 Software (0510-1086-B) - User Guide
Wet Alarm
This alarm occurs when fluids are detected on an incontinence pad.
To respond to a Wet Alarm
1. Always follow your facility’s policies and procedures to ensure patient safety and secure the area.
2. Proceed to the patient and verify incontinence occurrence. Detach the incontinence pad; the alarm
clears when the incontinence pad is detached.
3. If the Enforce Joint Commission reporting feature is activated, you must select an Event Cause
once the alarming device has been reset. When you reset the alarming device, the Red Alarm
changes to a White Alarm in the Alarm Message Box and Event List. If the Enforce Joint
Commission reporting feature is not activated, the Alarm Message Box clears once the alarm is
cleared at the device.
4. From the Client computer, click anywhere in the Wet Alarm Message Box to access the Event
Information window.
5. Select one of the following event causes:
• Urine —the patient has urinated on him/herself.
• Sweat—the patient’s sweat has caused the bed to be wet.
• Stool—the patient has defecated on him/herself.
• Spill—the patient has spilled liquid on the bed.
• 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.
Turn Alarm
This alarm occurs when the time on the Control Unit expires.
To respond to a Turn Alarm
1. Always follow your facility’s policies and procedures to ensure patient safety and secure the area.
2. Proceed to the patient and re-position the patient (refer to the applicable Control Unit’s in-service
manual).
NOTE: You can click Silence to stop the alarm sound at the Central Server or Client
computer. The alarm is silenced at that computer only, for the configured length of time;
however, the event still appears in the Event List. The next event automatically restarts
the alarm sound.