Although smart infusion pumps are intended to prevent medication errors by alerting users
about doses that exceed set thresholds, a large number of clinically insignificant alarms and …

Background As one of the most essential technical components of the intensive care unit
(ICU), continuous monitoring of patients' vital parameters has significantly improved patient …

Background Alarm fatigue threatens patient safety by delaying or reducing clinician
response to alarms, which can lead to missed critical events. Interventions to reduce alarms …

Identifiability and perceived urgency were compared for two sets of alarms in a healthcare
inpatient setting. One contained currently used alarms where possible, with new sounds …

Intensive care units (ICU) are often overflooded with alarms from monitoring devices which
constitutes a hazard to both staff and patients. To date, the suggested solutions to excessive …

This article focuses on the type of problems that lead to false or nonactionable clinical
alarms and the type of data that can help identify which of these alarms are most prevalent in …

This article focuses on alarm fatigue, a patient safety risk occurring when clinicians are
exposed to excessive numbers of alarms, particularly false and clinically insignificant …

Proposing a new solution implies an underlying prediction that the design will succeed in its
direct purpose and will minimize unintended negative consequences. These consequences …

Reducing Cardiac Telemetry Nuisance Alarms Through Evidence-... : Journal of Nursing Care
Quality Reducing Cardiac Telemetry Nuisance Alarms Through Evidence-Based Interventions …

Despite growing pressure for organizations to implement more science-based solutions into
practice, efforts to successfully achieve this task have been known to fail due to the tensions …