Philips IntelliVue Wireless 802.11 User manual

IntelliVue Wireless 802.11 Solution

Technical Data Sheet

Description

IntelliVue Patient Monitors using 802.11 can coexist

with other wireless devices such as VoIP phones and

mobile appliances on a customer’s enterprise

WLAN. A robust and high availability WLAN is

required to support the physiological waves,

parameters and alarms transmitted from IntelliVue

Patient Monitors.

Features

• Leverage existing hospital WLAN

• Operate on 802.11 a/b/g networks

• Utilize advanced encryption and authentication

including WPA2-PSK and WPA2-Enterprise

• Enable wireless QoS with support for WMM

(Wireless MultiMedia)

Planning and Preparing Your Network

The following are important considerations when planning and

preparing the hospital network for a patient monitoring system:

• Discuss expectations and requirements with the clinical users for

physiological monitoring.

• Involve information technology staff early to align wireless strategy

and decisions and prepare for any potential updates to the wireless

network to support a patient monitoring system.

• Review the IntelliVue Customer-supplied Clinical Network (CSCN)

Specifications.

Service Offerings

Philips offers a variety of wireless networking and product-related

services for the IntelliVue Patient Monitoring solution based on Philips

strong experience with deploying life critical clinical systems.

For customers that want to use their enterprise WLAN on which to

run Philips 802.11 IntelliVue Patient Monitors, Philips requires a radio

frequency (RF) survey to identify whether the network can support the

robust requirements of life critical data. Philips can review an existing

RF Survey for compliance with the Philips specification.

Philips networking services include:

• Network design consultation

• Verify that the current or planned hospital infrastructure complies

with the Philips approved 802.11 vendor models and software

versions.

• Determine coverage area, including in-room bathrooms, corridors

and transport areas.

• Complete an RF site survey to verify that all Philips RF requirements

are met.

• Assess compatibility requirements among wireless solutions to avoid

coexistence issues.

• Agree on change control, maintenance and management

responsibilities among biomedical engineering and information

technology staff.

• Consider hospital policies, procedures and standards for wireless

medical devices including safety, security and privacy.

• Perform risk assessment for connecting wireless medical devices to

the hospital network.

•Network evaluation

•Radio frequency site survey

• Remote go-live assistance

Helpful Resources

When considering operating IntelliVue Patient Monitors on your

enterprise network, there are a number of resources available to

provide additional guidance. They include:

• IEC 80001-2-3: Application of risk management for IT-networks

incorporating medical devices -- Guidance for wireless networks

• IEC 80001-1:2010 Application of risk management for IT-networks

incorporating medical devices -- Part 1: Roles, responsibilities and

activities

• IEC 60601-1-1 - Medical Electrical Equipment Part 1-1: General

Requirements for Safety

• AAMI TIR-18:2010 Guidance on electromagnetic compatibility of

medical devices in healthcare facilities

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