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July 21, 2025 | 2 minute

Everything You Need to Know About the Smart Badge 3 Mini

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1 in 4 nurses experience a workplace violence incident. Hospitals are challenged to keep nurses safe, reduce turnover associated with this troubling trend, and continue to provide quality care, but most “solutions” fail to actually make nurses safer.

Equipping staff members with RTLS smart badges → mobile panic buttons → enables nurses to call for help instantly and discreetly, immediately dispatching assistance or security to their real-time location wherever they may be in the hospital.

As part of our full suite of staff safety solutions, Kontakt.io’s Smart Badge 3 Mini provides safety for clinical staff in a form and format that fits daily use and builds trust among staff members. Wearable duress buttons like the Smart Badge 3 Mini are highly versatile and can be programmed to trigger alerts across multiple channels, including security personnel, nearby staff members, and public address (PA) systems, ensuring that the right responders are notified instantly.

These devices also deliver location alerts in real-time, dynamically updated as the staff member moves, maintaining precise situational awareness. Furthermore, the system provides user-friendly analytics dashboards that support data-driven decision-making, helping administrators optimize staffing strategies and allocate resources more effectively based on historical patterns and response data.

The Smart Badge 3 Mini, a purpose-built wearable for clinical environments:

  • Lighter, smaller form factor for 24/7 wearability and comfort
  • Larger recessed panic button to reduce false activations
  • Haptic feedback to confirm alert transmission for badge wearer
  • Four-year battery life, minimizing operational overhead

 

Outcomes from a wearable duress button staff safety system:

  • Clinical staff: A solution that actually keeps you safe and gives you the support you need to provide care
    to your patients
  • Local leaders: A tangible tool to respond to growing staff concerns about workplace violence
  • Senior leaders: An effective solution that boosts staff wellbeing and confidence while establishing safety
    as a priority within the community

Give caregivers peace of mind and resources at the click of a button. Kontakt.io enables one-tap staff duress calls, instantly locates equipment, and streamlines workflows so staff can focus on patient care.

Our Solution doesn’t solely cover hospital area but extends outdoors, to protect your staff wherever needed. Read more in our Press Release.


Frequently Asked Questions

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The Smart Badge 3 Mini is a lightweight, hospital-grade wearable designed to keep caregivers safe anywhere on campus. Unlike generic panic buttons, it combines a recessed duress button, haptic feedback, and real-time location tracking powered by Bluetooth® Low Energy (BLE) 5.4 and LoRaWAN. The badge’s 4-year battery, IP65 protection, and anti-flammable casing ensure maximum durability and reliability in clinical environments. Integrated with Kontakt.io’s AI-powered RTLS platform, it provides instant, discreet help alerts and precise staff location data, enabling faster response times and improved safety outcomes.

The Smart Badge 3 Mini integrates seamlessly with existing healthcare systems through Kontakt.io’s cloud-native RTLS platform and open APIs and SDKs. It connects via BLE for indoor positioning and LoRaWAN gateways for outdoor coverage, enabling full-facility safety protection. Integration takes minutes—simply install gateways, pair badges, and configure settings in the Kontakt.io Cloud Panel. The system supports EHR, nurse call, and security system integrations, as well as custom workflows via REST APIs or webhooks. This ensures unified visibility and real-time coordination across safety, operations, and IT teams.

The Smart Badge 3 Mini delivers end-to-end coverage across indoor and outdoor environments, including wards, ICUs, labs, parking lots, and walkways. It ensures seamless connectivity between BLE indoor networks and LoRaWAN outdoor gateways—maintaining real-time protection everywhere staff go. Key use cases include staff duress alerts, asset tracking, patient flow optimization, and regulatory compliance monitoring. Hospitals can start with staff safety and easily expand into operational and analytics use cases using the same RTLS infrastructure, achieving comprehensive situational awareness and workflow automation across the campus.

Yes. The Smart Badge 3 Mini and Kontakt.io platform are fully customizable and scalable to fit any healthcare environment. Hospitals can adjust button logic, BLE transmission intervals, and alert workflows to match their operations. Enterprises can deploy custom firmware, white-labeled hardware, and integrate via APIs or SDKs for specific workflows. The system scales effortlessly across multi-site networks without new wiring, using Kontakt.io’s IoT-as-a-Service model. Whether for a single unit or a multi-campus hospital, deployment and management remain simple, flexible, and cost-effective.

The Smart Badge 3 Mini is engineered for uninterrupted reliability with built-in connectivity safeguards. It uses BLE-burst mode to resend distress signals until confirmed, and automatically switches to LoRaWAN for long-range outdoor communication. If connectivity is lost, the badge caches its last-known location for immediate retrieval. Edge-based gateway logic ensures local alerts still trigger even if cloud access is temporarily unavailable. With real-time monitoring dashboards, administrators can detect and resolve network issues instantly, ensuring every duress alert is received and acted upon without delay.