Abstract: A system for patient-staff acknowledgment is disclosed that includes a wireless staff member device and a wireless patient member device. The staff member device has a receiver that receives a signal from a wireless patient member device; a transmitter that transmits a signal to the wireless patient member device; and at least one switch. The wireless patient member device has at least one switch; a transmitter that transmits a signal to the wireless staff member device; and a receiver that receives a signal from the wireless staff member device. An alarm is activated by a switch on the patient member device. The staff member device causes patient member device to send, and the staff member device to receive, a signal from the patient member device within a specified range from the patient member device and within a specified time period of activation. The staff member device transmits a signal to cancel the alarm.