How audio communication needs differ between different areas of a hospital

From lobbies to operating rooms to patient rooms to external parking garages and hallways, all these areas in a hospital need some sort of audio communication system; however, that doesn’t mean they have the same requirements. Hospitals have multiple layers of audio communication. Different units or zones require different levels of hospital communication systems. Hospital lobbies do not have the same communication requirements as an operating room or patient room. For example, a severe code blue announcement does not need to be heard in the lobby, but it is necessary in other relevant units to alert the appropriate hospital staff. Similarly, communication should extend to external areas of a hospital as well, such as information booths and parking garages. When creating the mass communication system’s day-to-day operations/ workflow and deciding what messages to route to what zones, several factors are looked at, especially message type and unit requirements,” explained Thomas Ahern, Engineered Solutions and Services Manager at AtlasIED.