FULL-DOOR LIGATURE ALARM

The world's first and only full-door ligature alarm.

When we look at the figures behind inpatient suicides in mental health environments, they paint a stark picture.

90% occur in the patient's bedroom or bathroom
91% occur under intermittent observations
49% occur using the door or door hardware

These tragic figures suggest that if there's one thing you can do to make the biggest impact on patient safety within your mental health facility, it's selecting the safest doors.

Turning the entire door into a weighing scale, our anti-barricade doorsets with wireless full-door alarm detect vertical loads of over 5kg.

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FULL-DOOR DETECTION

It's not enough for alarms to detect ligature attempts made on the door edges alone. With an invisible built-in sensor, the full-door ligature alarm detects vertical loads of over 5kg applied to any part of the the door.

SUPPORTS CLINICAL OBSERVATIONS

Clinical staff aren't able be everywhere at once. The full-door ligature alarm immediately sends an alert to the nearest nursing station when a ligature is attempted - helping to fill in blind spots between observations.

SINGLE SOURCE SUPPLY & INSTALL

From specification right through to ongoing aftercare, the wireless system is managed by us - reducing the number of tradespeople involved and giving you confidence that it's installed and monitored by the very people who designed it!

ADDRESSING SAFETY ALERTS

When conducting research for the full-door alarm, you told us that door-top alarms only address one high-risk ligature point and patients will be able to identify the next ligature point on the door.

The recent nationwide safety alert made this theory a tragic reality as it reported that a patient had taken their own life by creating a ligature on the latch of their bedroom door. Unfortunately this was was not detected by the door-top alarm installed on the door.

Together, we can help to protect vulnerable people through good design.

OPEN & CLOSED DOOR SENSING

Clinicians told us that false alarms with alternative door alarm systems were common and were often triggered when the patient's door was in an open position (e.g. when the door was leaned upon.)

They also stated that in their experience, 100% of ligature attempts were made on closed doors.

This is backed up by evidence from The National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Safety in Mental Health (NCISH) which tells us that there is a direct correlation between patient privacy and self-harm:

90% of ligature attempts occur in the patient's bedroom or bathroom (private space)
91% of these occur under intermittent observations

The greatest risk is therefore when a patient's door is closed. However, we also know from feedback and research, that risk can quickly evolve within mental health inpatient environments. That's why we've future-proofed our full-door alarm to detect ligatures when the door is in open and closed positions.

Non-institutional aesthetics

Along with reduced tradespeople and greater accountability, the fully wireless alarm system has minimal infrastructure - causing less disruption to live wards.

Once installed, the alarm is completely invisible when patients are in their room with the door closed. Helping to create a safe, therapeutic environment that facilitates recovery.

UNIQUE LIVE STATUS MONITORING SYSTEM

For increased peace of mind, we've also developed a live status monitoring system which allows estates, maintenance and clinical teams to easily monitor all doors where the alarm is installed.

Here are just a few of the lifesaving features:

✔️ Provides real-time updates on the status of all alarms from any internet connected device
✔️ Provides prompts for weekly testing
✔️ Sends an email with low battery notification
✔️ Enables remote diagnostic support