Faulty alarms at the Royal Adelaide Hospital have sent Hospital Staff to the wrong rooms, which the nursing federation says could pose a risk to staff and patients.
The opening of the hospital's 10-bed psychiatric intensive care unit was delayed by 16 months because of problems with the alarm system, but the state's chief psychiatrist on Thursday imposed new conditions because of "inconsistent performance".
The Australian Nursery and Midwifery Federation stated that accuracy problems were discovered in the past week during an emergency situation. "They are sending people to the wrong locations within the psychiatric ward, which means that patients are not being attended to or staff are not being given assistance when they need it," ANMF spokesman Rob Bonner said.