PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To accurately notify a patient whether or not a health-care worker is busy on the basis of situations at that point of time when the patient performs calling.SOLUTION: When reporting is performed by a master unit 10 for calling of a slave unit 1, the slave unit 1 is brought into a state not receiving the operation of a calling operation part 3. A restoration operation device 5 for restoring the state and a notifying device 20 for notifying the patient whether or not the health-care worker is busy are installed near the slave unit 1. Then, the number of the slave units 1 in the state of not receiving the operation of the calling operation part 3 is counted in a count part 15, and when the number is equal to or larger than a prescribed value, a control part 11 notifies that the health-care worker is busy by the notifying device 20. When the number is smaller than the prescribed value, the control part 11 notifies that the health-care worker is not busy by the notifying device 20. Thus, the point of time at which the patient performs calling and the point of time at which whether or not the health-care worker is busy is notified are matched.COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT【課題】患者が呼び出しを行う際に、医療従事者が多忙であるか否かをその時点の状況に基づいて正確に患者に伝えることができるようにする。【解決手段】子機1の呼び出しに対して親機10にて報知が行われると、その子機1では、呼出操作部3の操作を受け付けない状態となる。この状態を復旧するための復旧操作装置5および医療従事者が多忙であるか否かを患者に通知する通知装置20を子機1の近傍に設置する。そして、呼出操作部3の操作を受け付けない状態である子機1の数をカウント部15でカウントし、その数が所定値以上である場合に、制御部11は医療従事者が多忙であることを通知装置20にて通知させ、所定値未満である場合に、制御部11は医療従事者が多忙ではないことを通知装置20にて通知させるので、患者が呼び出しを行う時点と医療従事者が多忙であるか否かを通知する時点とを一致させることができる。【選択図】図1
