components such as a transceiver and a power source such as a battery which are built in during manufacture of the self contained wireless patient monitoring pad the self contained wireless patient monitoring pad communicates with a patient monitoring system that can include a central monitoring point a user activates the power source in the self contained wireless patient monitoring pad prior to putting the monitoring pad into service or use so that the self contained wireless patient monitoring pad can be stored indefinitely without dissipating the energy stored within built in the power supply application_number US 201514696911 A description a self contained wireless patient monitoring pad for use in a patient monitoring system is described herein the self contained wireless patient monitoring pad and the patient monitoring system communicate wirelessly via transceivers the self contained wireless patient monitoring pad has an internal transceiver and mobile power source such as a battery fig1 a 1d are views of an exemplary self contained wireless patient monitoring pad 105 which may be a flexible container or case that defines an inner cavity that can contain one or more components the exemplary self contained wireless patient monitoring pad 105 includes one or more circuits which include at least one printed circuit board pcb a transceiver and a power supply 130 with a pull tab 135 exemplary circuits are described in further detail in u s patent application publication us 2010 016331 5 and in u s patent application ser no 14 075 133 filed nov 8 2013 titled u201c bed monitoring pad u201d the disclosures of which are hereby incorporated by reference herein the power supply 130 and wireless communications components not visible are built into the.