In a previous blog post, we discussed at length some amazing technological devices you can use to help improve patient safety while they are under your care at your healthcare facility, from hospitals to doctors offices. Safety is a critical factor for many when choosing care, especially for nursing homes and long-term care facilities where patients may be there longer. What is also critical is the safety of your staff as well.

Symtech Solutions offers life safety communication systems and rapid response monitoring systems for your healthcare facility. Since 1982, we’ve helped hundreds of healthcare facilities nationwide use technology to maximize efficiencies in their processes and help improve both patient and staff safety. Below, we’ll take a look at how you can use technology to help improve staff safety at your healthcare facility. Contact our team to get started today!

Panic Buttons

Wearable panic buttons are one of the fastest ways for your healthcare staff to call for help. These panic buttons are small devices that your staff wears while on duty. They are easy to use, simply requiring the press of a button to call for help. Once the button is pressed, security will be notified immediately of the exact location of your staff member who needs help via RFID technology. Notifications will be sent out to other staff members so they can get to safety as well. Panic buttons operate off batteries and do not use the internet, so there is no need to worry if the internet goes down. Panic buttons offer your staff members peace of mind that if a dangerous situation arises, they know that help is just a press of a button away.

RTLS

RTLS, or real-time location systems, using GPS technology in order to pinpoint people and equipment. This is extremely useful for contact tracing, which is tracking those who have been exposed to a disease or virus, such as COVID-19. It can be used to track equipment, so that when equipment is quickly needed, it can be located immediately with no delay to patient care. This eliminates the arduous task of physically looking for hospital equipment, as well as eliminates those critical moments when a patient needs that machine. This also eliminates frustration and embarrassment from your staff when these systems can’t be found.

Contactless Temperature Screening Kiosks

Temperature screening kiosks provide a valuable service to healthcare facilities by keeping those out of the healthcare facility who may be showing symptoms of COVID-19 or any other flu-like disease. This keeps your staff safe from these diseases and keeps them healthy so that they can continue to offer exceptional patient care. Plus, as with any infectious disease, there is a chance for death. Thus, you are not only keeping your staff safe, but you are also helping to ensure they do not become critically ill either.

Staff safety pertains to programs, technology, and protocols that protect your healthcare staff from workplace violence, dangerous patients, infections, illnesses, diseases, injuries while on the job, and even natural disasters. This also involves hazards in the workplace that could cause your staff to fall, trip, or otherwise hurt themselves. By investing in Symtech Solutions’ life safety communication and rapid response monitoring systems, you’ll not only be providing physical items that can help keep your staff safe, but you’ll also be helping to promote a culture of safety, which keeps safety in the forefront of your staff’s mind. This helps to ensure your staff stays as safe as possible at all times.

Symtech Solutions is here for your. We offer 24/7 service and support for all of our systems sold. You can call us anytime, day or night, for help with troubleshooting or for a technician to come to your healthcare facility and find a solution to your technology problem. We design, implement, and monitor life safety communication systems, such as panic buttons, in order to help you keep your staff safe. When your staff feels safe, so, too, do your patients, and everyone’s lives are enriched. Contact us to get started on a technology solution that is right for you today!