Patent ID: 8421623

Claim:
A system comprising a plurality of devices each located at the entry of each of a plurality of patient rooms at a hospital, each device comprising a processor, memory, a speaker or voice generator, and a set of programming instructions functioning to allow an authorized user to select a disease, medical condition, or type of isolation which corresponds to preprogrammed simulated voice warnings; a room entry detector programmed to activate the simulated voice warnings, each of the devices configured so that when entry of the room where the device is located is detected, the one or more simulated voice warnings corresponding to the selected disease, medical condition, or type of isolation, is emitted by the device; and a nursing console in communication with the plurality of devices located at the entry of each of the plurality of patient rooms, the nursing console adapted to remotely select one or more simulated voice warnings to be emitted for each of the plurality of devices; wherein the nursing console is configured to allow the authorized user to alternatively select a disease or medical condition or type of isolation from one or more menus, each selection corresponding to one or more of the preprogrammed simulated voice warnings.