Alarm Fatigue in the Adult ICU
Adult ICUs across the nation continue to be challenged by alarm fatigue despite years of work to alleviate this problem.
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Alarm Fatigue in the Adult ICU
Adult ICUs across the nation continue to be challenged by alarm fatigue despite years of work to alleviate this problem.
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Bundle Improved Alarm Management, Reduced Alarm Fatigue
A Florida hospital surgical intensive care unit improved clinical alarm management practices and reduced self-reported alarm fatigue by implementing a care bundle.
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GE Healthcare Monitoring System Generates Alarm Data to Reduce Alarm Fatigue
Continuous patient monitoring with GE Healthcare’s Portrait Mobile patient monitoring system resulted in alarm data suitable for optimization of ward default values and further refinement on an individual basis seems likely to improve usability, according to data presented at ASA 2023.
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Cause for Alarm: How Patient Monitoring Technology Can Support RTs
With estimates that as many as 85-99% of alarms do not require clinical intervention, alarm fatigue is continually cited as one of the greatest healthcare challenges, both in the ICU and post-surgical care.
Read MoreReducing Alarm Frequency for Hospitalized COPD Patients
Using the National Early Warning Score 2 with an adjusted target saturation among patients admitted to the hospital for COPD exacerbations reduces alert frequency without a notable difference in mortality when compared with...
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Alarm Fatigue Fifth on List of Top 10 Medical Device Hazards
Surgical stapler misuse is the number one healthcare technology hazard on the ECRI’s Top 10 Health Technology Hazards for 2020 report. Alarm fatigue was ranked as the fifth greatest healthcare hazard.
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Strategies to Reduce Alarm Fatigue
Managing alarm fatigue in the ICU and post-anesthesia care unit requires proper protocols and technology to ensure patient outcomes as well as effective staff response.
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FDA Warns About Food Prepared with Liquid Nitrogen
The US FDA is alerting consumers and retailers of the potential for serious injury from eating, drinking, or handling food products prepared by adding liquid nitrogen.
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Patient Monitoring and Alarm Fatigue
Adverse patient effects due to clinical alarm fatigue are consistently rated near or at the top of lists of most pressing healthcare technology hazards. So what can clinicians do to change that?
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Joint Commission Goal: Cause for Alarm?
RT editorial director John Bethune discusses the Joint Commission’s National Patient Safety Goal (NPSG) on alarm management to combat alarm fatigue in hospital settings.
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Joint Commission Goal: Cause for Alarm?
RT’s John Bethune discusses the Joint Commission’s National Patient Safety Goal (NPSG) on alarm management to combat alarm fatigue in hospital settings.
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