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FOI 3385 Cardiac Test Beeps

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November 11, 2014

Last updated: November 11, 2014

Some trusts rely on the traditional method of calling switchboard to respond to these bleeps whereas other trusts have an online facility on the trust intranet page to respond to these test bleeps.  I am contacting you to enquire if the latter takes place within your trust. 

 Our bleeps are tested daily by switchboard at 10am but we respond online through the Trust’s intranet pages to confirm the bleeps have been received.If they are not responded to they are escalated.  The responses are recorded and monitored and reports produced.  This is an in-house system and does not have a cost associated with it.  The reports are audited through the Resuscitation committee.

If you offer this facility please provide information regarding:

– How the system functions, including a step by step approach -IT systems which are used to support this -Cost of the system -How the system is audited -Policies / documents associated with this system

Please find attached our policy on Clinical Bleep. Bleep Policy (Clinical) v4.0

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