SWING DTM: Door Top Monitor Alarmed Door System
The SWING DTM (Door Top Monitor) ligature-alarmed door system by Kingsway Group is designed to minimize the risk of patient suicide and self-harm in behavioral and mental health environments.
Supplied as a complete doorset, it features a hardwired ligature monitor that triggers the staff alarm when a ligature is detected at the door’s top edge. The integrated ligature monitor itself benefits from a low profile design, eliminating overlap and reducing the risk of jamming, and functions no matter what position the door is in; open or closed.
Integrated Door Top Ligature Monitor:
- Door top ligature monitor enhances patient safety
- Ligature monitor works whatever position the door is in; open or closed
- Hardwired – no battery replacements required
- Trusted in over 200 behavioral health environments worldwide
- Approved by New York State Office of Mental Health Guidelines
Anti-Barricade by design:
The SWING DTM also benefits from anti-barricade design to further improve patient safety, ensuring staff are prepared if a patient attempts to barricade the door shut. Thanks to its unique ‘SwingThru’ Strike Plate and double-action continuous ‘SwingHinge’, staff can open the door outwards in seconds with no override toolkits required, saving crucial time during life-threatening incidents.
- Overcome barricades in seconds – no override kits required!
- Single key controls the anti-barricade stop and vision panel
- Opens 105° in both directions
- Continuous ligature-resistant hinge for enhanced strength – no pivots!
Complete Door System:
As a Kingsway Door System, the SWING DTM is ideal for both new build and refurbishment projects alike, arriving on site pre-tested and pre-assembled – complete with all ligature-resistant componentry and hardware factory fitted to exacting standards to make for simple installation and assured performance in challenging environments.
- Pre-assembled with all componentry factory fitted for simple installation
- 14GA Fully-Welded Hollow Metal Frame
- Choice of door cores including FSC certified FORTUS core
- Versatile lockset specifications including mechanical and electronic
- Choice of wall or floor mounted door stop to protect the doorset
- 3-Year Manufacturer Defect Guarantee as standard
Learn more below about the SWING DTM below or browse our full range of Ligature-Resistant Door Systems.
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Key features
Ligature Monitor
Anti-Barricade
KOSMOS Compatible
High-Strength Tested
Continuous Hinge
Unique ligature detection
Door Top Ligature Monitor Alarm for Behavioral Health
Kingsway Group’s NYS OMH Guide approved Door Top Monitor detects ligatures at the door’s top edge to alert staff in the event of a ligature attempt. The integrated ligature monitor triggers an alarm when pressure is applied to the door’s top edge and works whether the door is open or closed.
An adjustable delay can be set to prevent tamper or false alarms when required, making sure clinical teams are correctly alerted to ligature incidents and reducing false or nuisance alarms.
The Kingsway Door Top Monitor alarm is fully integrated with the door itself, meaning the unit has no visible wiring and offers a streamlined, discreet appearance. The wiring travels within the door core and exits through the electrically modified hinge, providing a reliable power source to the life-critical system.
Anti-barricade
Anti-Barricade Door solution for Behavioral Health
The DTM Alarmed Door System benefits from the anti-barricade capabilities of our SWING Door System, providing staff with fast and controlled access to patient rooms in emergency situations. Its simple operation allows staff to open the door outwards in seconds to overcome barricading incidents with no need to retract the lock bolt (depending on your lockset specification).
Manufactured to our own exacting standards, the DTM Alarmed Door System offers a versatile, safe, and durable anti-barricade solution with all the robustness of our proven-to-perform door systems while retaining ligature-resistant design.
Seamless integration
Ligature Monitoring Software: KOSMOS by Kingsway Group
Following extensive research with our behavioral health partners, the SWING DTM Alarmed Door System integrates seamlessly with our KOSMOS Smart Monitoring System. KOSMOS helps clinical teams monitor and respond to ligature incidents to help prevent loss of life in challenging environments.
KOSMOS also provides invaluable data for future review by recording an audit trail of patient activity and staff observations. This data can help management teams review patient care quality and highlight key trends on wards, such as patients leaving their rooms at specific times during the night or remaining in their room more than usual.
Alerting staff to life-threatening incidents, the DTM Alarmed Door System integrates with all major legacy staff attack and nurse call systems, including Nurse Call and Duress Alarm system.
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FAQs
Our DTMs are trusted in over 200 mental health environments across the globe to minimize the risk of patient self-harm and suicide.
They are hardwired units that are integrated into the door core and the hinge during the manufacturing process. This allows us to achieve a slim profile design, ensure the DTM is correctly installed, and to provide reliable & robust performance within mental health and behavioral health environments. As such, the DTM cannot be retrofitted.
If you would like more information, simply contact us.
We offer a number of core options for the SWING DTM Door System:
• FORTUS Core (FSC approved tri-laminate hardwood)
• Particle Core (PC)
• Solid Composite Lumber Core (SCLC)
• Hollow Metal Steel-Stiffened (HM)
If you need more information or your project requires an alternative solution, simply contact us.
The SWING DTM core is 1 ³/₄” thick as standard.
If you need more information or your project requires an alternative solution, simply contact us.
Yes, the SWING DTM Door System is provided as a complete doorset including its 14GA Fully-Welded Hollow Metal Frame.
The maximum opening dimensions are:
• 48″ (w) x 84″ (h)
We’re able to accommodate a range of opening sizes for the SWING DTM Door System. If you need more information, simply contact us to find out more.
Yes, the SWING DTM is anti-barricade by design meaning it can open in both directions.
The ‘SwingStop’ provides single-action usage during normal operation, and in the event of a barricade, staff can unlock and fold it back to allow the door leaf to open outwards. You can watch one of our UK coworkers demonstrate SWING’s simple operation here:
We offer a range of privacy & clear-glazed ligature-resistant vision panels for the SWING DTM Door System:
• Duralux Series Privacy Vision Panels (mechanical)
• Duralux Platinum Series Privacy Vision Panels (electronic)
• Pyrolux Series Clear-Glaze Vision Panels
• No Vision Panel
All our vision panels are ligature-resistant by design with no visible fixings on the patient side, and they are available with a customized powder coat or wrapped finish to create a more therapeutic environment. Our Duralux series vision panels can also be fitted with custom images, helping to personalize the care setting and aid wayfinding.
Yes. The SWING DTM Door System is smoke rated to UL1784: the Standard for Safety of Air Leakage Tests of Door Assemblies. For more information, please contact us directly.
The SWING DTM Door System is not currently fire rated, but we do provide alternative ligature-resistant doorsets that are certificated to UL10C:
• SWING Anti-Barricade Door System
• SOLO Single Action Door System
If you need more information or your project requires an alternative solution, simply contact us.
Yes. We offer a comprehensive selection of finishes to help create a therapeutic environment, including but not limited to:
• Wood Veneers
• High-Pressure Laminates (HPL)
• Impact-Resistant Laminates (Palladium, Acrovyn)
• Primed (Wood or Hollow Metal)
Almost any look is possible. Simply contact us to find out more.
As Your Partner in Patient Safety, we’re on hand to offer expert guidance based on our experience in delivering over 10,000 risk-reducing projects across the globe.
Simply contact us. After all, the best ideas start with a conversation.
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