We design and manufacture emergency nurse call management systems, wandering patient and asset tracking solutions for hospitals, infant security systems, aged care and dementia care facilities. Austco Communications NZ also manufacture a secure accommodation intercommunication system for prisons (CellGuard), recognised the world over for its innovative approach to high security monitoring.
AUSTCO Communications is a world leader in the highly specialised field of electronic communications in healthcare and secure accommodation. Our New Zealand office, distribution and support centre is located in East Tamaki, Auckland. Gone are the days of the old traditional call bell systems!
Integrated with state-of-the-art paging and telephone technologies such as wireless telephones, our systems allow staff to receive and respond to calls while moving freely around the facility thus further increasing staff efficiency.
With a wide range of communication systems for hospitals and prisons, Austco have the right solution for you. Here’s an overview of our product range:
Emergency & Nurse Call Management Systems
- MediCom and LightCom use state-of-the-art technologies that allow nurse call systems to be tailored to suit the particular needs of the largest hospital and provide 24 hour, 365 days a year reliability.
- CallGuard is specifically designed to provide a total and reliable 24 hour, 365 days a year monitoring and emergency call system for use in Aged Care, Assisted Living & Retirement facilities.
- DCS-2000 integrates with CallGuard to provide a total non-intrusive monitoring and emergency call system for the care of residents suffering from Alzheimer's or other Dementia disorders.
Infant Security Solutions
- Hugs is a powerful infant security system designed to protect new born babies from abduction in the hospital environment. Hugs can also be supplied with a mother to baby matching component called Kisses, which helps to ensure mother and baby are continually bonded while in the maternity ward.
Wandering Patient Detection
- RoamAlert and ProtecPoint provide complete solutions for the tracking of wandering patients including alarm annunciation on the nurse call system. Systems can be configured for single doors, or entire hospital areas to suit requirements.
Asset Tracking Solutions for hospital equipment
- The retention and location of clinical assets such as beds, wheelcahirs, monitoring equipment etc is becoming more critical for hospital management and staff. Austco can design, supply and integrate Asset Tracking solutions to meet the needs of any hospital.
Secured accommodation intercommunication system
- CellGuard is the most effective and efficient custom-designed secure care emergency call and intercommunication system available today. Designed specifically for prisons, police lock-ups, remand and detention centres, etc, CellGuard provides tamper proof emergency call and intercommunication integrated with surveillance, monitoring, recording, logging and printing of records in accordance with statutory "duty of care" requirements.
