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Richland County approves DaySpring nurse-call system; telephone contract sent back for review
Summary
The Richland County Board of Commissioners OK'd a wireless nurse-call installation at DaySpring and approved paying the vendor quote from the facility's carryover funds; a separate telephone-line contract from Armstrong was deferred for further county review.
The Richland County Board of Commissioners on Feb. 20 approved a quote for a wireless nurse-call system for DaySpring and agreed that DaySpring will use its cash carryover to pay for the installation, while deferring approval of a separate telephone-line contract for further county staff review.
The vote came after DaySpring representatives described repeated false alarms from the existing nurse-call system and the difficulty of maintaining the facility's decade-old phone system. "Our current phone system was in place, 2012 by CenturyLink," Michelle, a DaySpring representative, told the board, saying replacement handsets are hard to find and that software for the system is stored…
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