Ascom Signs Major Order with Centralsjukhuset (Central Hospital) in Karlstad, Sweden

Hospital Invests in a Quiet Healthcare Environment
GOTHENBURG, Sweden--(Business Wire)--
Creating a quiet and personal healthcare environment is of high interest for
many hospitals. Centralsjukhuset i Karlstad (CSK) have now decided to invest in
Ascom`s quiet calling and personal alarm system - an order worth nearly SEK 5
million.

"This is an important and significant order for us, and proof that there is a
demand for a quiet and personal healthcare environment", says Jonas Glimdén,
Sales Manager at Ascom.

The system will be installed at CSK`s two newly-built wards - a medical
emergency ward and a psychiatric ward. The system ensures that all critical
information is delivered to the right person at the right time. This in turn
increases safety for both patients and staff.

CSK selected Ascom largely on the grounds that they can offer a healthcare
environment where the usual beeps and flashing alarms in corridors are replaced
by a gently buzzing sound in the handheld units carried by the staff concerned.
As well as reducing distracting sounds, the staff becomes more flexible and
mobile, as they can send and receive information directly in their portable
handheld units. The staff will also be able to provide more personal healthcare,
as the calls and alarms from a particular patient are sent to the same handheld
units and staff all the time.

"One of the requirements from the customer was that the system should help to
create a calm and safe environment. This is what made Ascom`s quiet system very
attractive. Another reason for selecting Ascom was that we could also purchase a
complete package of staff searching, calling and assault alarms from a single
source," says Leif Fransson, Project Manager at Midroc Electro, who handled the
deal.

Ascom systems can be connected to other business systems. This makes it easier
for staff to have access to a large volume of information.

"One particular wish from the staff was to have staff searching and an assault
alarm in one and the same unit, so that they would always have the alarm with
them," says Fransson.

Staffs receive a calling alarm from patients or colleagues in the form of a text
message on their handheld unit. They can receive emergency alarms, fire alarms
and lift alarms, and can also obtain information from other people such as
hospital porters about a patient`s location, or information about an empty room.

"It is always critical when different systems need to be synchronised with each
other. But we have had close contact and reassuring answers from Ascom`s
technical people, so we are pretty confident that this will work smoothly,"
concludes Mr Fransson.

For more information visit www.ascom.com/ws

ABOUT ASCOM
Ascom is an international solution provider with comprehensive technological
know-how in Mission-Critical Communication. The company concentrates on core
areas as Wireless Solutions (high-value, customer-specific on-site
communications solutions), Security Solutions (applications for security,
communication and control systems for infrastructure operators, public security
institutions and the army) and TEMS (a global market leader in optimization
solutions for mobile networks). The company has subsidiaries in 18 countries and
a workforce of some 2,300 employees worldwide. Ascom registered shares (symbol
ASCN) are listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange in Zurich.

Ascom Sweden
Jonas Glimdén, Sales Manager
Phone: +46 (0) 31 - 55 94 92
E-mail: jonas.glimden@ascom.se

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