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Chapter 9 Status icons

Welch Allyn Acuity Central Monitoring System

Alarm Tone Suspended
with No Violation

Beneath alerts
and alarms

Locations representing
monitors with audible
alarm tones suspended
when no alarm or alert
violation has occurred.

None

At the patient monitor,
press the Silence/Reset
key when ready.

Or

At the central station,
click Resume in the
patient’s Virtual Monitor
when ready.

color reflects current
status of monitor

Wireless

When the View Wireless
button is pressed in the
lower left corner of the
Acuity Central Station
screen, this icon appears
in map locations where
wireless monitors are
actively communicating
with Acuity System.

None

Unconfirmed Patient ID

Low-level alert

Locations representing
monitors with
unconfirmed patient IDs.

None

In the patient’s Virtual
Monitor, click Setup,
Patient ID.

Confirm or enter ID
information

Unconfirmed Room
Number

Low-level alert

Wireless monitor map
areas, representing
patients with unassigned
or unconfirmed room
numbers.

None

In the patient’s Virtual
Monitor, click Setup,
Patient ID.

Confirm or enter a room
number.

Some Alarm Limits Off

Low-level alert

Locations representing
monitors with alarming
for some vital signs set
to off.

None

In the patient’s Virtual
Monitor, click Setup,
Alarms.

Set at least one upper and
lower “limits-pair” per
active vital sign.

Table 8. Icons and messages that represent patient and monitor status

Patient/monitor
status icon

Icon display
priority

Icon location on map

Messages in
hallway message
panels and at top
of Acuity Central
Station screen

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