Reducing Alarm Fatigue in Maternal Monitoring on Labor and Delivery: A Commentary on De-Implementation in Obstetrics.
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DOI: 10.1055/a-1785-9175
Abstract: Hospital labor and delivery floors frequently operate like intensive care units (ICUs) - with continuous data feeds pouring into central monitoring stations against a background of blaring alarms. Yet the majority of obstetric patients are… read more here.
Keywords: obstetrics; alarm fatigue; monitoring; labor delivery ... See more keywords
Technological Distractions (Part 2): A Summary of Approaches to Manage Clinical Alarms With Intent to Reduce Alarm Fatigue
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DOI: 10.1097/ccm.0000000000002803
Abstract: Objective: Alarm fatigue is a widely recognized safety and quality problem where exposure to high rates of clinical alarms results in desensitization leading to dismissal of or slowed response to alarms. Nonactionable alarms are thought… read more here.
Keywords: clinical alarms; alarm; reduce alarm; number ... See more keywords
Actionable Ventricular Tachycardia During In-Hospital ECG Monitoring and Its Impact on Alarm Fatigue
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DOI: 10.1097/hpc.0000000000000216
Abstract: Background: Ventricular tachycardia (V-tach) is the most common lethal arrhythmia, yet 90% of alarms are false and contribute to alarm fatigue. We hypothesize that some true V-tach also causes alarm fatigue because current criteria are… read more here.
Keywords: tach; actionable tach; nonactionable tach; tach events ... See more keywords
Evaluation of alarm fatigue of nurses working in the COVID-19 Intensive Care Service: A mixed methods study.
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DOI: 10.1111/jocn.16190
Abstract: AIMS AND OBJECTIVES To reveal the existence of alarms in COVID-19 intensive care units, where medical devices with alarm function are frequently used, the effects of alarms on nurses, especially their on-the-job performances and social… read more here.
Keywords: intensive care; care; covid intensive; alarm fatigue ... See more keywords
The effect of educational interventions in managing nurses' alarm fatigue: An integrative review.
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DOI: 10.1111/jocn.16479
Abstract: BACKGROUND Alarm fatigue is becoming more widely acknowledged as a serious safety concern in modern clinical practice. Nurses are not always proficient in the alarms' functions and capabilities, and they do not undertake training regularly.… read more here.
Keywords: nurses alarm; alarm; integrative review; alarm fatigue ... See more keywords
The relationship between alarm fatigue and burnout among critical care nurses: A cross-sectional study.
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DOI: 10.1111/nicc.12899
Abstract: BACKGROUND Alarm fatigue has significant negative impacts on nurses and patient safety. However, the relationship between alarm fatigue and burnout is still unclear. AIMS This study aimed to explore the relationship between alarm fatigue and… read more here.
Keywords: fatigue; care nurses; critical care; alarm fatigue ... See more keywords
Assessment of Alarm Fatigue Risk Among Oncology Nurses in Jordan
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DOI: 10.1177/23779608231170730
Abstract: Introduction Using technology in the clinical setting where clinical alarms frequently occur, resulting in many false alarms, which is called alarm fatigue, alarm fatigue may increase nurses’ distraction, and that might negatively affect patient safety.… read more here.
Keywords: fatigue; among oncology; oncology nurses; alarm fatigue ... See more keywords
Clinical Alarms in a Gynaecological Surgical Unit: A Retrospective Data Analysis
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DOI: 10.3390/ijerph20054193
Abstract: Alarm fatigue refers to the desensitisation of medical staff to patient monitor clinical alarms, which may lead to slower response time or total ignorance of alarms and thereby affects patient safety. The reasons behind alarm… read more here.
Keywords: alarm fatigue; number alarms; clinical alarms; unit ... See more keywords
Minimizing Alarm Fatigue: Pediatric Perspective
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DOI: 10.4037/aacnacc2018946
Abstract: A care clinicians’ exposure to excessive numbers of alarms, particularly those that are of no clinical importance or are false, results in sensory overload and a subsequent desensitization to those alarms. When desensitization occurs, alarm… read more here.
Keywords: minimizing alarm; fatigue pediatric; fatigue; alarm fatigue ... See more keywords
Contribution of Electrocardiographic Accelerated Ventricular Rhythm Alarms to Alarm Fatigue
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DOI: 10.4037/ajcc2019314
Abstract: Background Excessive electrocardiographic alarms contribute to “alarm fatigue,” which can lead to patient harm. In a prior study, one‐third of audible electrocardiographic alarms were for accelerated ventricular rhythm (AVR), and most of these alarms were… read more here.
Keywords: avr alarms; accelerated ventricular; ventricular rhythm; alarm fatigue ... See more keywords
Mechanical Ventilation Alarms and Alarm Fatigue
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DOI: 10.4187/respcare.06878
Abstract: Mechanical ventilation alarms and alerts, both audible and visual, provide the clinician with vital information about the patient's physiologic condition and the status of the machine's function. Not all alarms generated by the mechanical ventilator… read more here.
Keywords: alarms alarm; mechanical ventilation; ventilation alarms; alarm fatigue ... See more keywords