Addressing workplace safety challenges with Mobile duress

The purpose of a mobile duress solution is to safeguard individuals from personal harm, by enabling the worker with the ability to send out an instant alert to relevant personnel.  These instances may occur when the member of staff considers themselves in danger, needs instant assistance, or a broader emergency event is looming.

Many health services across the state deal with hostile patients who require special care and recognise at times some patients present with behaviour that may be very challenging and bring risk to staff. There is no industry immune to an emergency situation occurring, a duress system can be assumed as a critical component of any security system.

Ascom believe EGIS wide area duress solution will help further protect employees

Key features include:

• Comprehensive GPS (tracking) & 3G (cellular) true lone worker device
• Tough robust construction        

• 2 battery models (24 hr and 72 Hr)

• Can send SMS, voice and can be interfaced with tracking server system

      To learn more contact us today on +61 02 9698 9000 

Ascom Annual Sales Conference 2014

Ascom Australia Staff from around the state went to the Gold Coast last week for our Annual Sale Conference.

Staff met for the 3 day conference to review the past 12 months, share experiences, opportunities and plan for an exciting 2014. Guest speakers included Joakim Heino (Ekahau), Howard Hsiung (Advantech) & Ken Badenfours (Ascom Sweden)

A big congratulations to Andrew Weiss (Melbourne) and Anna Palozzi (Sydney) who were rewarded Sale consultants of the year.  

Accepting the annual cricket bat award.

Product discussions lead around new products for 2014 such as Computer on wheels (AMiS-50 - Advantech), Personal Alarm (Disty-Guard), Location analytic platform (Ekahau -Vision 2.0) and Patient Monitoring (GE Healthcare). 

A big thank you to all guest speakers including Ken Badenfours (Partner Program Manager) making the long 30 hour journey to join us from Sweden to present and discuss future plans and products. Recapping the value we have with our VoWifi, IP-DECT, Nurse Call and paging technologies that smartly integrated via our software like Unite and DURAsuite optimising Mission-Critical processes. 

Ascom & KPN Join forces

Last Month Ascom & KPN established a partnership combining the two organisations offerings to help deliver a more cost effective, productive and efficient environment in the healthcare industry. Click here to read more

Understanding the growing demands of the healthcare sector the plans will be to develop a patient focused mobile healthcare concept that will enable better workflows. In which Ascom and KPN will provide a complete offer for the healthcare sector, including full integration from devices and applications to implementation and maintenance services.

About Ascom:
Ascom is a provider emergency wireless communications, based in Sweden. Operating in over 10 countries worldwide including Australia, constantly adjusting to the changing market environments providing solutions for Mission-Critical Communication.

About KPN:
KPN is a Dutch Telecommunications company, based in the Hague. KPN has over 6.3 million fixed-line telephone customers. Its mobile division has more than 33 million subscribers in the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, France and Spain.

Improving your workplace safety

What are you doing to help protect your staff?

In the past month, more than 14 critical incidents have been logged with the Health and Community Unions.(The Age 2013).

Are your current procedures using the latest technology?
Integrated Wireless provides the latest technology allowing you to protect your staff and patients in a fast paced and emotionally charged working environment..

By leveraging your current Wifi systems, IW’s solutions enables a cost effective facility wide approach to be taken. IW has a track record of delivering systems that can locate staff in emergency situations to within 3-5 metres by using real time location technology.

IW's mobile duress solution leverages the real time location system to reduce risks, increase response times and enhance the level of communication. As our units allow you to raise alarms, send/receive messages via our DURAsuite application and make/take calls, management of both time and life critical alarms and messages is simplified.

See how the Monash Health (formerly South Health) utilised the knowledge and solutions IW has to offer, allowing them to improve their safety and productivity. (Monash Health Case Study)

Is it time to update your technology and allow your staff to feel safe?

Contact our sales team +61 (0) 9698 9000 or visit our website www.integratedwireless.com.au