The alarm is located close to the top of the door on the inside of the second set of doors. When someone exits the facility someone has to push the button on the door to silence the alarm. E-2 stated that alarms are usually turned off about 8 a.m. after staff are in the front offices to monitor the front door. The alarm rings at a panel at the nurses station and by the sound of the alarm staff can tell that it is the front door alarm. The alarm cannot be shut off until staff check to see who went out the door.
Staff have to physically check.
The nurse at the desk at the time of the incident would have to come to the front door to check who went out and to shut off the alarm. Two facility staff went to the scene to check on R-1. E-2 stated that 1 other resident had left the facility and was found uptown about November. No other residents had got out of the facility that she could remember. Documentation on the wanderguard monitoring sheet supports that the wanderguard was checked.