Technical Booklet R Access to and Use of Buildings·Page 44·5.27

Emergency assistance alarm in wheelchair accessible guest bedrooms

Guest bedrooms must have pull-cord activated emergency alarms operable from the bed and transfer area, with visual and audible signals at the door and monitoring point.

A wheelchair accessible guest bedroom should have an emergency assistance alarm – (a) that is activated by a pull cord, complying with the provisions of paragraph 5.46, that can be operated from the bed and from the adjacent floor area at the transfer side of the bed; (b) with a reset button, that can be operated from the bed and from the adjacent area at the transfer side of the bed; (c) having a visual and an audible indication that the emergency alarm has been activated; and (d) having a visual and an audible call signal positioned immediately outside the wheelchair accessible bedroom and at a central monitoring point.

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