Arial emergency call & nurse call solutions from Securitas Healthcare offer an array of products that allow you to create a comprehensive solution and get control of your patient and resident safety. Advanced capabilities and seamless integrations improve overall patient satisfaction and experience while also empowering caregivers and improving both workflow efficiency and staff productivity.

Arial emergency call & nurse call solutions elevate resident care in independent living, assisted living, long-term care, and memory care facilities. It is a comprehensive and reliable solution that elevates and enhances skilled nursing capabilities.

Some Benefits of Arial Nurse Call Solutions:

• Centralized Alarm Management and Reporting Tools
• Can Deploy as a Standalone or Integrated System
• Wide Array of Integrations
• Flexibility and Rapid Scaling Up to Thousands of Devices
• Extensive Alerting and Notifications
• Powerful, Detailed, and Advanced Reporting

Key Components of Arial Nurse Call Solutions

Arial offers various products to allow facilities to create a truly comprehensive solution that is customized to unique operations and needs. A few key components of Arial nurse call solutions include:

Arial Pendants

Arial Pendants are comfortable, wearable alerting devices that give residents in senior living, assisted living, and skilled nursing communities more freedom and flexibility while increasing patient safety. Small, light, and discreet, these pendants are designed with resident comfort in mind.

Pendants are available for the neck and wrist. They are comfortable to wear, the call button is large and easy to use, and they are also waterproof (IP67 rating). Residents have the ability to call for assistance no matter where they are in your community and have another level of safety and peace of mind while bathing or showering.

Arial Wireless Call Station

The Arial Call Station is a wireless call device. These call stations are easy to install in common areas and resident living areas. The wireless, battery-operated call stations do not require cabling, which makes them simple to install and capable of relocating. This also allows facilities to quickly scale devices up or down to meet their needs.

Residents can use the call station to call for assistance by using a push-button pendant, pulling a cord on the station, or pressing the large button on the station. When a call station is activated, a message is immediately sent with essential information to the Arial solution to facilitate a staff response.

There is also a check-in button that residents can use in living areas to “check in” with staff. This allows staff to remain aware of the resident’s activity while also giving the resident more independence. Using the dual-purpose call cancel/check-in feature, residents have more control over their time and environment. They can easily communicate with staff and reduce the frequency of rounds to limit disruption without sacrificing safety.

Arial Mobile App

The Arial Mobile App provides innovative and efficient alarm handling and messaging capabilities to empower caregivers. As part of the Arial nurse call solution, staff get better visibility into residents’ needs. It allows for more efficient coordination, which improves response times.

Not only does this give staff the ability to respond immediately, but it can also help reduce false alarms, prevent alarm fatigue, and free up more time for high-quality care and interactions that improve patient quality of life and satisfaction.

Arial Insights Software

The Arial Insights Software provides the foundation for a comprehensive, powerful, and reliable safety and security solution. With Arial software, you get all-in-one visibility with centralized alarm and notification management in addition to robust and advanced reporting features.

Notifications and reporting from emergency call, nurse call, WanderGuard BLUE wander management, and more can all be integrated and centralized with Arial software for better overall coordination, efficiency, and safety to support high-quality care. It allows for the management of multiple types of alarms and keeps staff informed with appropriate notifications, whether that is through text messages, scrolling signs, pagers, dome lights, IP phones, etc.

An easy-to-use management dashboard and extensive reporting allow you to easily see an overview of performance in key areas and identify opportunities for long-term improvement. It also makes it simple to update information, add new residents, and configure new devices, as well as customize alarms and notifications for your needs.

Securitas Healthcare’s wander management & resident location solution provides built-in wander management capability, along with resident locating, fall monitoring, and emergency call. Combining the power of WanderGuard BLUE and RoamAlert technology into one solution, residents deemed at risk of wandering wear a small and discreet bracelet, and exits are monitored by door devices that will lock the door or generate an alarm when opened.

Alarm information is shown in the software with the location, resident name, and time stamp. Location is also displayed on a customized map of the community.

Staff members can also be kept fully informed on events through a variety of means, including IP phones, pagers, scrolling signs, dome lights, e-mail, and text messages. This is an affordable option for customers needing a perimeter-based wander management solution.

Below are some other applications this robust wander management & resident location platform includes:

• Wireless nurse call via fixed call stations for bed and bath
• Facility-wide emergency call via wireless, portable pendants
• Alarm and alert notification to pagers, IP phones, display signs, text messaging, and emails
• Fall management via fall monitors
• Patient monitoring, including Daily Check-Ins
• Locating residents, staff, and equipment with alarm queues and dynamic maps displaying location and status
• Event Platform to monitor door, window, motion sensor, smoke detector, fire alarms, temperature, and humidity conditions

RoamAlert is a wander management solution from Securitas Healthcare that is built to provide optimal patient protection when and where they need it. Protection can be customized and personalized to each resident to allow them the most freedom and independence possible while also maintaining their safety.

The RoamAlert tag is a small, lightweight, and comfortable wearable. Designed to be only one inch wide, weigh a third of an ounce, and have no hard edges, it is comfortable for patients to wear and is safe to use on sensitive and delicate skin without worrying about irritation.

This system is also designed to be flexible and scalable. Facilities can start with one or two doors to set up perimeter protection and scale up or down as needed. Wander management and resident locating can be configured for specific zones within single buildings and scale up to encompass areas across an entire campus or community. RoamAlert can also easily integrate with Securitas Arial emergency & nurse call solutions for consolidated reporting and alerts across systems within a single system.

Some Benefits of the Securitas RoamAlert Wander Management:

• Light, Small, Comfortable Resident Tag
• Controllers to Monitor Doorways and Trigger Alarms
• Configurable Protection Fields to Adjust the Size of Coverage
• Ability to Connect to Magnetic Door Locks to Prevent Unauthorized Exits
• Customized and Personalized Resident Protection and Access Protocols
• Scalable and Expandable to Encompass Multiple Buildings
• Easy Integration With the Arial Platform

Securitas magnetic locks can help you create an efficient access control system that increases security for any building or facility. These locks are a low-cost electronic lock alternative that can help you reduce keying costs while still providing an extra level of security with both internal and external access control options.

With these electronic locks, you can add or delete users at any time for effective user management and access control. Additionally, they are available in a standalone or wireless version. The standalone lock option does not require additional software. Standalone locks can be converted to wireless with a flexible upgrade kit.

The wireless option uses an Intelli-M software system that allows you to keep track of users with an audit trail. Both options are easy to install. Because these locks do not rely on building power to operate, access control will not be interrupted during a power outage. Securitas also offers delayed egress magnetic locks for emergency exits or other perimeter exit doors that need to remain secure outside of an emergency.

Securitas Healthcare’s Foresite Proactive Health and Predictive Fall Management Solution helps increase patient safety in healthcare and senior living facilities. This solution’s artificial intelligence and learning algorithms identify patients at high risk by identifying changes in their health condition. Foresite then incorporates a multi-factor analysis to calculate their fall risk, and provides proactive insights.

Using these insights, clinicians and administrators can help prevent falls, which helps increase patient safety, provide high-quality resident care, and increase operational efficiencies. Intelligent fall prevention technology can help increase the quality of life and longevity of residents.

WanderGuard BLUE from Securitas Healthcare is the next generation of wander management technology. With more features, better affordability, and more appealing interfaces, efficient wander management is more effective and accessible to more facilities.

All-in-One Wander Management Solution

Along with the ease of a scalable, all-in-one solution, WanderGuard BLUE makes offering the highest standard of patient protection and care easy. Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) and other technologies deliver more functionality for reduced costs.

Sleek and comfortable wearable bracelets provide advanced safety and security measures, including real-time location monitoring. Built-in geofencing capabilities allow you to implement location-based wander management, including special area protection, area designation, and interior wander notification zones.

With easy configuration via a mobile application, geofencing capabilities for flexibility and customizability, and integrations with Arial call solutions, this solution is designed to keep memory care residents safe while still offering them as much freedom, independence, and dignity as possible. With WanderGuard BLUE in place, you can develop an effective wander prevention plan, and families, caregivers, and staff can have peace of mind that residents are safe and protected.

Key Components of WanderGuard BLUE:

Important components of an effective wander management system include resident locating, flexibility, scalability, integration, and more. These are all key components of WanderGuard BLUE, in addition to:

• Door Controller: All-in-one controller, antenna, and exciter that can be set up via the mobile app.
• Indoor Keypad: User, bypass, or visitor pin codes to access the door.
• Resident Tag: One of the smallest wander tags available, featuring a BLE transmitter and low-frequency receiver, and available with a 3-year or 90-day battery life.
• Mobile Application: Easy configuration and management of controller and tag settings and events.
• Detector: Wireless wander tag battery tester and activation.
• Geofencing: Area designation, special area protection, & interior wander notification zones for location-based wander management.

Some Benefits of WanderGuard BLUE:

• Wireless Installation and Management
• Seamless Integration With Arial Call Solutions
• Stylish, Comfortable Wearable Bracelets
• Individual Resident Protection
• Real-Time Location Monitoring
• Advanced Centralized Access Control
• UL 294 Compliant Access
• Built-in Geofencing Capabilities

The AeroScout RTLS (Real-Time Location System) Platform is an asset management, temperature & environmental monitoring, infant protection, patient and staff workflow, and staff protection solution. At its foundation, it provides visibility on the location and status of assets and people. In addition to tracking and visibility in real-time, AeroScout is designed to provide high-level overviews and detailed information for actionable insights that can be used to:

• Create safer care environments
• Elevate patient care
• Deliver better outcomes
• Improve efficiency
• And more

Staff Protection

As a staff protection system, AeroScout provides healthcare workers with a portable and discreet means to call for help for themselves, colleagues, or patients from anywhere in the hospital. Each staff member carries a Wi-Fi tag, typically worn attached to their hospital ID badge to keep it always within reach.

AeroScout uses Wi-Fi-based wireless technology to protect staff members in high-risk areas such as the ED, with the ability to locate staff anywhere in the hospital. The Securitas MobileView software driving the system also allows security and staff to monitor and track incidents in real-time while providing accurate, up-to-date information in real-time and on-demand. This also provides robust incident reporting to record crucial information should an incident occur.

This is a key system that can help facilitate effective and rapid response to staff duress calls and help prevent workplace violence in healthcare. Designed as a mission-critical enterprise system, the AeroScout solution helps create an atmosphere of safety for workers while enabling hospitals to reduce risk and financial exposure associated with workplace violence.

Benefits of AeroScout for Staff Protection:

Some benefits of having the AeroScout system in your facility’s tech and security stack include:

• 24/7 protection for staff hospital-wide using existing infrastructure
• Reduced exposure to adverse events and better staff relations
• Peace of mind and increased job satisfaction for staff

Patient Flow & Staff Workflow

In addition to safety and security, the capabilities, visibility, and insights AeroScout provides improve patient and care team communications, patient flow, and staff and caregiver workflows. Real-time patient tracking improves flow and communication across clinics as well as in the OR and ED. Real-time locating for staff and caregivers allows healthcare facilities to optimize workflows, better automate nurse call functionality, and maximize reimbursement.

Benefits of AeroScout For Patient Flow & Staff Workflow:

Some benefits that AeroScout can provide related to patient flow and staff workflow include:

• Reduced wait times for patients
• Faster room turnaround times
• Increased room utilization
• Improved care team communications
• Higher family and patient satisfaction
• Comprehensive reporting for continued insights and ongoing improvements

Infant Protection

The AeroScout RTLS comprehensive solution is built to include Hugs infant protection for hospital-wide visibility for newborns and all ages of pediatric patients, including NICU babies who have reached the open-crib stage. If your hospital has a maternity ward, Hugs is the community standard and #1 infant security solution.

Streamlined workflows, built-in tools, and real-time locating and alerts ensure your youngest patients and their mothers are safe and protected, while giving your staff the resources they need to improve efficiency and provide optimal care across the board.

Benefits of AeroScout & Hugs for Infant Protection:

Some benefits of having Hugs included in the AeroScout platform include:

• Seamless integration with workflows
• Peace of mind for families and caregivers
• Multiple layers of protection
• Easily scalable to suit facilities of all sizes
• Easy-to-use system from the tag application through discharge
• Convenient, easy point of care access
• Real-time alerts and notifications at your fingertips

Asset Management

Effectively managing healthcare assets is a challenge, and any missteps can result in lost time, money, and efficiency in healthcare facilities. Overstocking supplies can result in increased costs and wasted money, while understocking supplies can result in critical shortages. Shrinkage or theft is also a concern, and poor asset and inventory management leaves it uncontrolled. Missing or misplaced equipment can result in slow responses to recalls or delays in patient care. If equipment is rented and is difficult to track or is misplaced, it can result in high rental costs for a facility.

Healthcare facilities can overcome these challenges with robust asset management. AeroScout RTLS is designed to include enterprise asset tracking and management. With advanced locating, tracking, and monitoring of equipment, healthcare facilities can make inventory management more effective, track and manage preventive maintenance on essential equipment, better control shrinkage, improve recall management, and more. Not only does this help improve the overall management of mobile medical equipment, but it can also help healthcare facilities reduce costs, improve efficiency, and provide better care. These are all ways to use RTLS to improve healthcare asset management.

Simply tag mobile equipment with Wi-Fi or BLE tags and then monitor and manage equipment with real-time asset location. Asset location and status are automatically logged, monitored, and available in the platform. Administrative interfaces for management allow for assets to be easily located when needed and also allow for the configuration of real-time alerts sent via PCs and mobile devices. The AeroScout RTLS platform also provides robust reporting capabilities to allow for analysis of operational and historical data. This allows facility managers to better understand inventory levels over time, PAR levels, asset utilization, and more. Reporting and analysis also allow managers to gain valuable insights for improving facility management across the board and delivering cost savings, improved efficiencies, and better patient care.

Benefits of AeroScout RTLS For Asset Management:

Using AeroScout RTLS for asset management allows you to:

• Reliably locate equipment in real-time
• Configure real-time alerts delivered via PCs and mobile devices
• Automate manual processes for inventory management
• Prevent over- or understocking supplies with PAR level management
• Efficiently locate equipment affected by a recall
• Effectively track rental equipment to minimize unnecessary rentals and avoid late return fees
• Control for shrinkage by preventing lost or misplaced equipment
• Better understand usage rates and status for mobile equipment
• Track and improve preventive maintenance schedules
• Reduce manual rounding for equipment
• Robust reporting and analysis of operational and historical data

Temperature & Environmental Monitoring

In addition to patient care, healthcare facilities also need to provide safe storage for sensitive supplies and materials. Pharmaceuticals, vaccines, tissue samples, blood products, organ products, and more all need to be safely stored in a monitored and maintained environment. Additionally, temperature and humidity need to be monitored in clinical areas to support patient safety and maintain compliance. These are essential applications of environmental monitoring in healthcare. Wireless monitoring ensures safe storage environments for these essential supplies and safe, compliant environments across all areas, including:

• Pharmacies
• Laboratories
• Blood banks
• Clinical areas
• Non-clinical areas

Using AeroScout RTLS for temperature and environmental monitoring helps improve staff efficiency, facilitate better patient care, and increase patient satisfaction. Sensor tags are placed in areas to be monitored, whether that’s freezers, refrigerators, specific units, patient rooms, etc. Sensors and detectors can be used to monitor temperature, VFC, voltage, humidity, contact closure, and more. 24/7 wireless monitoring of temperature and humidity conditions is automatic.

It also leverages your Wi-Fi network, which allows you to easily scale and cover every part of your healthcare facility, including off-campus sites. Alerts are configurable and are sent in real-time when condition levels deviate from where they should be. This facilitates rapid response and correction to reduce loss, improve safety, and save money. Responders can easily log corrective actions to process alerts and update historical information about the equipment and incident. Historical data is maintained in the system for regulatory compliance as well as informational reporting. Reporting and analytics also include operational data.

Benefits of AeroScout RTLS For Temperature & Environmental Monitoring:

Environmental monitoring provides several benefits. Some benefits of using AeroScout RTLS for temperature and environmental monitoring include being able to:

• Easily deploy and scale
• Conduct 24/7 monitoring
• Track multiple conditions
• Automatically store and date-stamp all device readings
• Effectively track facility-wide, including off-campus sites
• Maintain product and supply viability and prevent spoilage
• Improve patient safety and comfort
• Configure and customize real-time alerts
• Facilitate rapid response and correction logs
• Fast and accurate reporting and analytics, including logged corrective actions
• Automate reporting and analysis with ready-made reports
• Create customized reports
• Reduce manual tasks for staff
• Simplify, maintain, and prove compliance
• ISO 17025 Accredited Environmental Monitoring Tag Calibration Program via Securitas Healthcare
• Provide cost-savings

The threat of infant abduction from healthcare facilities is a major concern. Hospitals, once allowing open, friendly access, need to increase security and limit public access, especially in birthing and pediatric units. New developments in the art of infant protection systems provide for a safer and more secure environment. The installation of an Infant Protection System will enable caregivers and parents to have complete confidence against such threats. It is one of the best practices for preventing infant abduction in healthcare.

Securitas HUGS

The HUGS infant protection solution from Securitas Healthcare protects 2 million infants every year across hospitals around the world. It is the global #1 infant security solution. The Hugs security system is flexible and scalable to any hospital.

Hugs tags offer more layers of security across all parts of the system and environment. They also protect pediatric patients of all ages, including NICU babies at the open-crib stage. They are essential components of an effective infant protection system.

Securitas Kisses

A simple addition of a software license makes the Kisses tag compatible with an existing Hugs system for automatic mother/infant matching. A compact Kisses tag is assigned to each mother and is bonded to her infant’s Hug tag at birth.

The tags remain bonded throughout the hospital stay, and the Hugs tag will automatically check for a match whenever a baby is brought to a mother. If the match is incorrect, an audible alarm sounds and an alert is sent to the system.

Like the Hugs tag, the Kisses tag is hypoallergenic, waterproof, and patient-friendly. The tags do not come in pre-matched sets, which means they are reusable within the system. Additionally, tags support multiple births with no extra steps required. This is a key way to enhance the infant protection system in your hospital.

Each patient and resident deserves an individualized care plan that ensures their safety. The Securitas M200 fall monitoring system can help by reducing response times, preventing falls, and reducing injuries from falls in healthcare and senior living or assisted living communities.

Whether residents are in a wheelchair, in a bed, or in a restroom, M200 Fall monitoring system can use bed and chair pressure pads to monitor anyone who is at risk of falls. Monitors can be integrated with existing emergency or nurse call systems, like the Arial solution, to reduce alarm fatigue, reduce response times, and reduce the rate of falls.

Securitas MobileView can increase the efficiency of facility management. Applications include environmental monitoring, mass notification, mobile duress, supply chain & asset management, and more.

The application provides rules-based processing, configurable message output, and optional audible alarms to effectively and immediately notify users when an alert occurs. A pop-up window automatically appears and displays vital information about the event, which includes the current location on a map, current status, and an identifying icon or photo.