What Nurse Call Accessories can you add to your Connect System?

In modern healthcare environments, clear, effective communication is a critical component of patient safety, staff efficiency, and regulatory compliance. Nurse call systems like our Connect range for hospitals and care homes sit at the heart of this communication infrastructure, allowing patients and residents to easily and reliably call for help. With the addition of any of the products in our range of nurse call accessories, these systems can be empowered even further to meet the specific operational needs of your facility.

By integrating a variety of accessories, care providers can create a more responsive, efficient, and patient-centred care environment. In this article, we will explore our Connect range of nurse call systems, examine the accessories available to these products, while outlining the benefits of enhancing your system with these additions.

What is the Connect Range of Nurse Call Systems?

Our Connect range is designed to meet the demands of both hospital environments and residential care settings. Rather than a one-size-fits-all solution, this range consists of two systems, Connect and Connect Health, both tailored to specific care environments while sharing a common foundation of reliability, flexibility, and integration.

Connect: Designed for Care Homes

The Connect system is specifically developed for care homes and supported living environments, where resident wellbeing, independence, and dignity are key priorities. It is designed to be intuitive for both residents and staff, ensuring ease of use without compromising on functionality. Its flexibility makes it particularly suitable for environments where care needs may change over time, allowing operators to expand the system with additional accessories as required.

Connect Health: Designed for Hospitals

The Connect Health system is tailored for more complex and demanding hospital environments, where workflow efficiency, clinical responsiveness, and system integration are critical. This makes Connect Health particularly effective in wards, outpatient departments, and specialist units where rapid communication and coordination are essential.

Nurse Call Accessories for the Connect Range

A key strength of the Connect range lies in its extensive ecosystem of nurse call accessories, which allow healthcare providers to tailor their own system to the precise needs of their environment. These accessories broadly fall into several categories: triggers and sensors, wearable devices, call activation points, alerting systems, and connectivity tools – all purpose-built for the Connect and Connect Health systems.

Triggers and Sensors

Within this category of accessories for the Connect range, you will find things like pressure mats, wireless trigger systems, and numerous fall prevention accessories. Our pressure mats are designed to detect when a resident leaves a bed or chair unexpectedly. These devices automatically trigger an alert to staff, enabling rapid intervention and significantly reducing the risk of falls. 

Our wireless trigger solutions allow multiple devices, up to five, to connect to a single receiver, eliminating the need for excessive wiring and reducing trip hazards. This creates a cleaner, safer environment while maintaining reliable alert functionality. These triggers can be used with various monitoring devices, making them highly versatile in dynamic care settings. 

Finally, our fall prevention accessories are designed specifically to reduce fall risk and enhance resident monitoring. They integrate seamlessly into the Connect system, ensuring that any incident is communicated instantly to staff for a swift response. You can learn more about our various triggers by reading our blog on specialised triggers for a safer care environment.

Wearable Devices

Within this category of accessories for the Connect range, you will find items such as pendants, pear push leads, and specialist call devices. Accessories like wrist wearables for patients and residents provide users with a portable means of calling for assistance, whether they are in bed, moving around their room, or in communal areas. These devices ensure that help is always within reach when using the Connect range. Likewise, pear push leads allow residents to trigger a call from their bed or chair with minimal effort, with a simple design that makes them accessible for individuals with reduced mobility or dexterity, ensuring inclusivity across a wide range of care needs.

Amongst this range of accessories for the Connect range, we have specialist call devices like blow switches and large button units, for residents with more complex physical needs. These solutions ensure that every individual, regardless of ability, can access support when required. You can read more about the wearable accessories in our range in our article on portable emergency call alarms for effective care.

Call Activation Points

We have myriad solutions for alternative call points that can be installed and added to your Connect or Connect Health system. Ceiling pull chord units, as an example, are essential in bathrooms and en-suite facilities; pull cords allow residents to raise an alarm in situations where reaching a standard call button may not be possible. These are critical for ensuring safety in high-risk areas where slips and falls are more likely. Accessories like door monitors alert staff when a resident exits a room or enters a restricted area – particularly beneficial in situations where a wandering patient or resident presents a significant risk (such as in a Dementia care ward).

Alerting Systems

Here, you will find examples of nurse call accessories like overdoor lights, central display panels, and pagers. Overdoor lights provide a clear visual indication of active calls, allowing staff to quickly identify where assistance is needed. Different colours or flashing patterns can be used to indicate call priority, supporting faster and more effective responses. 

Our Connect Touch and Connect Microtouch display units are touchscreen, central display panels that offer a real-time overview of all system activity, enabling staff to monitor calls across the facility. These advanced touchscreen displays are intuitive and user-friendly, allowing staff to easily access vital alerts and data sets from multiple locations.

As well as these items, our Connect range comes with the option of adding pagers and handheld receivers to ensure that alerts reach staff wherever they are within the building. These devices are essential for improving response times, particularly in larger facilities where staff may not always be within sight of a central display. To learn more about these devices, you can read our article on how paging systems can upgrade your care.

Connectivity Tools

For greater connectivity, our Connect range of systems also comes with the option of adding wireless transmitters that can act as a bridge between multiple devices within the nurse call system. The Connect Boost is a transmitter that acts as a bridge between multiple devices within the nurse call system, allowing for seamless communication across different accessories; this ability to connect multiple inputs enhances the flexibility of your system while ensuring comprehensive coverage.

As well as this, our adapters and interface modules allow multiple devices, such as pressure mats and call leads, to connect to a single call point. This maximises functionality without requiring additional infrastructure, making it a cost-effective way to expand system capabilities.

Final Thoughts on Connect Accessories

Our Connect range of nurse call systems offers a modern, adaptable, and reliable communication solution for healthcare organisations. With strategic use of nurse call accessories, these systems truly come into their own. From call points and monitoring sensors to staff communication devices and integration modules, each accessory plays a vital role in enhancing safety, efficiency, and patient experience. By tailoring your system to meet specific needs, hospitals and care homes can create environments that are even more responsive.

Accessorising our Connect range is not simply an upgrade; it is a forward-thinking approach to care delivery that aligns with the evolving demands of the healthcare sector. For organisations looking to maximise the potential of their nurse call systems, our expert guidance is always available to our partners: simply get in touch with the Courtney Thorne team, and we can guide you through the process and answer any questions you may have.

Written by

Barry Vacher

Date

01.05.26