Patient monitoring: the big picture

Increased provision of patient monitoring equipment can assist in the process of raising standards of care. The range of such equipment is extensive, and estates professionals including planners, engineers and facilities managers need to be aware of what items are appropriate to different clinical areas and the sort of back-up support the equipment will require. This article is formed from a report of an independent multi-disciplinary working group which reviewed patient monitoring technology and looked at factors involved in purchasing monitoring equipment.