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• if configured, the Other Bed window, the Alarming Beds window or the My Patients window may
pop up on the Screen (if automatic alarm notification is enabled at the bedside monitor and at the
Information Center). The automatic alarm notification is suppressed when a window, menu or
pop-up keys are active.
• if configured, an audible status change notification is issued. The tone type and volume can be
configured.
PIIC iX Automatic alarm notification can also cause a window to pop-up when a patient from outside the Care
Group has been escalated to a higher attention status. Check that the detailed configuration at the
PIIC iX meets your unit's requirements.
Automatic alarm notification can be switched off permanently in the monitor's Configuration Mode or
at the Information Center.
Information Center Compatibility
The functionality available for managing patients and equipment depends on the IntelliVue
Information Center being used. In the following table the main differences between the PIIC and PIIC
iX are shown.
PIIC PIIC iX
Not available
Find Patient - searching for a patient in the
Information Center or other connected hospital
systems. (With LAN and WLAN connection only)
Transfer Patient - patient is moved to
transfer list.
Transfer Patient - can transfer patient directly to
another bed/unit and from another bed/unit. (With
LAN and WLAN connection only)
Not available A unique patient list provides information about the
current status of a patient allowing intelligent prompts
and preventing the same patient being admitted twice.
Add Equipment - allows only assignment of
telemetry devices via manual pairing.
Add Equipment - allows assignment of other
monitors, telemetry devices and X2 MMS. (With LAN
and WLAN connection only)
Remove equipment - allows only removal of
telemetry devices via
Unpair To Mon. and
Unpair To Tele.
Remove equipment - allows removal of other
monitors, telemetry devices and X2 MMS.
Not available
Select Location - allows a temporary location to be
shown when a patient is not in the unit. (With LAN
and WLAN connection only)
Not available
Select Caregiver - allows a Caregiver to be assigned to
a patient
Not available Paced status
Unconfirmed is the initial setting before a
paced status has been entered.
Unconfirmed will
switch pace pulse rejection on but makes the user
aware that no paced status has been selected.