Signavanc^™ nurse calling systems

A nurse calling system lets a patient summon a nurse from the bedside — or from a toilet or shower pull-cord — and shows that call, with the exact room and bed number, at the nurse station with an audible and visible alert that stays active until it is reset. It is the core patient-to-staff communication infrastructure in hospitals, ICUs, nursing homes and senior-living facilities, and a functioning system is a requirement under NABH patient-safety accreditation.

Five models across three connectivity types. Wireless: Signavanc LR, a long-range 433 MHz FHSS mesh system supporting up to 256 calling units per nurse station, and Signavanc Air, an IP-over-Wi-Fi system. IP: Signavanc IP, our hub-based wired platform on structured Cat 5/6 cabling with fibre-optic communication and a star topology. Wired: Signavanc Ultra, an LCD nurse station running on a 26-port hub over ordinary 4-core cable, and Signavanc Lite, the dot-matrix ward panel. Every model supports bedside call points, toilet pull-cords, Code Blue and door indicators; every model except Signavanc Lite adds multi-colour door indicators and centralised reporting, and the two wireless models add mobile access, escalation and cloud dashboards. HIS / EMR integration is an option on Signavanc LR, Signavanc Air and Signavanc Ultra.

It depends on the model. Signavanc LR supports up to 256 calling units per nurse station. Signavanc Air is effectively unlimited when it runs on the hospital's own Wi-Fi, or 30 units when it runs on a network our system generates itself. Signavanc IP supports over 100 units per nurse station on its 12-port hub, running on Cat 5/6 with fibre-optic communication. On the wired range, Signavanc Ultra supports up to 56 units on a 26-port hub over 4-core cable, and Signavanc Lite up to 26.

Choose wireless if the ward is occupied and cannot be closed for cabling, if the building has thick walls or basement levels, or if you want mobile access and escalation. Choose IP if the building is being constructed or rewired and you want the most deterministic system, with no radio planning at all. Choose wired if the building is already cabled the traditional way: Signavanc Ultra gives you an LCD nurse station, multi-colour indicators and centralised reporting on ordinary 4-core cable when Cat 5/6 was never pulled, and Signavanc Lite gives accurate room and bed identification at the lowest cost per bed. If cloud dashboards matter, that points to the two wireless models; HIS / EMR integration is optional on those two and on Signavanc Ultra, while Signavanc IP reports into your hospital's own on-premise server instead. On every wired model the cabling itself is laid by your contractor, not by us.

Yes on every model except Signavanc Lite. The system logs all call activity, response times and staff performance, giving detailed insight for improving ward efficiency, and reports can be pulled at each individual nurse station for that ward or centrally for the whole hospital. Where they go depends on the model: Signavanc LR and Signavanc Air push centralised reports to the cloud, so dashboards and analytics can be built on top, and both integrate with your HIS / EMR. Signavanc IP keeps reporting on site and writes into your hospital's own on-premise server, and Signavanc Ultra holds its ward and centralised reports on the on-site server we supply, with HIS / EMR integration available as an option. Signavanc Lite does not include reporting. On Signavanc Ultra and Signavanc IP, hospital-wide consolidation needs a Cat 5/6 link with an RJ45 jack from each nurse-station server to the central server. Custom analytics can be built to your requirement.

Turn Over Time is the average interval between a patient pressing a call and a nurse clearing it, calculated by the system itself and displayed on the nurse-station LCD next to the live calls. It starts counting on the first day after installation, so what you are reading is your own ward's history rather than a figure assembled for a report. Every model except Signavanc Lite shows it — Signavanc Ultra, Signavanc IP, Signavanc LR and Signavanc Air. For a head nurse it answers the question a call log cannot answer at a glance: is this shift responding as quickly as the last one. For an administrator comparing wards, or defending a response-time claim in an NABH or JCI submission, it matters that the figure was recorded continuously rather than sampled during an audit week. The figure on the console is live, and the same data downloads as a report for any period you choose — a shift, a week, a month, a quarter or between two dates — per ward at its own station or consolidated for the whole hospital. Signavanc Lite has no reporting module and therefore no TOT; if response measurement is a requirement, that is the reason to move up to Signavanc Ultra.

Yes. Our systems are engineered to meet NABH patient-call accreditation requirements — a call point at every bed and patient-accessible washroom, an audible and visible indication at the nurse station of which bed is calling, calls that latch until reset rather than auto-clearing, and a differentiated Code Blue. On those three models, response-time records can be exported for clinical audit.

On the wireless models, yes. Toilet and shower pull-cords and corridor door indicators can connect back to the calling unit over Wi-Fi or RF, or by 2-core cable if the hospital would rather have a wired link. We plan the mix during the site survey to suit the building.

A nurse calling system is ward-grade infrastructure: toilet pull-cords, corridor door indicators, Code Blue, latching calls, reporting for NABH audit and — on the wireless models — mobile access and escalation. A call bell system covers the essential act of reaching staff without that compliance layer, and suits clinics, small wards and non-clinical settings. If you do not need Code Blue or NABH, the call bell range is the more sensible spend.

Yes. We design and manufacture in Bengaluru and install and service across India through our own engineering teams and authorised channel partners, with structured AMC plans. We have delivered 5,500+ installations in India and abroad since 2001.