Welch Allyn Medical Diagnostic Equipment Medical Alarms 8.1x Manual Do Utilizador

Chapter 11   Specifications

Welch Allyn  Acuity Central Monitoring System

Acuity System customizable defaults and factory defaults

Acuity System default settings appear in Acuity System windows upon patient monitor 
connection, when a patient’s window is first opened. 

There are two types of Acuity System default settings:

•

Customizable default settings: Settings that can be customized to match your clinical 
workflow model, at the point of installation.

•

Factory default settings: Settings that are shipped from the factory. These settings 
cannot be changed. 

Hardware specifications for Acuity System components are listed in the manufacturers’ 
manuals.

Specifications published in this manual are subject to change.

Central Station windows

Printing order of print requests

1. Print Next
2. Alarm Prints 
3. All other printout requests, in the 

order received

Maximum allowable number of 
print requests in a print queue 

40

Printout deletion order

When the number of print requests in the 
queue exceeds the default, the deletion 
order from the queue is:

1st deletes the oldest print requests 
(other than alarm or Print Next) in a group 
of printout requests for a patient 

Then deletes the oldest alarm prints in a 
group of printing requests for a patient 

Then deletes the oldest “Print Next” 
requests in a group of printing requests 
for a patient 

Sort order

ID, currently monitored patients at top

Length of time review information 
remains accessible 

24 to 96 hours after patient discharge from Acuity System monitoring, 
depending on Full Disclosure option