SENTRY Full Door Edge Ligature Alarm System
The SENTRY Full Door Edge Ligature Alarm System is the most versatile ligature alarmed door solution available for mental health facilities, designed to help staff prevent service user suicide and self-harm.
- Detects ligatures at all exposed door edges
- Works whatever position the door is in; open or closed
- Detects both lateral and vertical force at the bottom edge
- Adjustable alarm trigger; between 0 & 7 seconds
- Hardwired to avoid interference & excessive battery replacements
- Continuous hinge system for additional strength – no pivots!
- Anti-barricade and single-action specifications available
- Pre-assembled doorset complete with all anti-ligature componentry factory fitted
- 5-Year Manufacturer Defect Guarantee as standard
- Compatible with the KOSMOS Smart Monitoring System
Anti-ligature by design with anti-barricade specifications available, the SENTRY ligature alarmed doorset features integrated ligature monitors that alert clinical teams when a ligature attempt takes place against any of the door’s exposed edges.
With hardwired, durable ligature monitor alarms, SENTRY provides the robustness and reliability demanded for an assistive clinical product within a life-critical system.
Installation of our SENTRY ligature alarmed door is also smooth and efficient with no modification of the existing floor construction required, making it an ideal ligature-monitoring internal door set for both new build and refurbishment projects. And as a Complete Door System, it arrives on site factory-fitted, tested, and pre-assembled for simple installation carried.
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Versatile and hardwired
Anti-Ligature Doorsets with full edge Ligature Monitor Alarms
Integrating with our SWING, SWITCH, STOW and SOLO door systems, SENTRY is able deliver the perfect ligature alarmed door solution for your mental health facility. With bespoke combinations of Anti-Ligature and Anti-Barricade Door Systems, Vision Panels, Finishes, and Hardware, SENTRY is suitable for any location within the ward environment.
As part of a life-critical system, SENTRY is hardwired to ensure optimum reliability and requires less maintenance than battery powered and wireless alternatives, with all the robustness of Kingsway’s proven-to-perform tri-laminate core Complete Door Systems.
Anti-Barricade specifications
Both our SWITCH and SWING specifications of SENTRY provide staff with a fast, controlled, and safe means of overcoming service user barricading incidents, saving invaluable seconds for clinical teams and service users in life-threatening situations.
Unique detection
Anti-Ligature Monitor Alarm for Mental Health environments
The intelligent SENTRY system is the world’s first full-door edge ligature alarm system and is designed to help staff prevent service user suicide. With the unique ability to detect ligatures when the door is in both open and closed positions, SENTRY automatically triggers an alarm when pressure is applied to any of the door’s exposed edges.
An adjustable delay to the alarm trigger of up to seven seconds can be set to prevent false alerts where required, ensuring clinical teams are correctly alerted to ligature incidents to help prevent loss of life.
Seamless integration
Following extensive research with our mental health partners, SENTRY integrates seamlessly with our KOSMOS Smart Monitoring System, allowing clinical teams to fully monitor ligature alarms and record an audit trail of patient activity and staff observations.
Alerting staff to life-threatening incidents, SENTRY integrates with all major legacy staff attack and nurse call systems, including SAS, Pinpoint and Guardian.
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