Browsing by Subjects (CINAHL) "Equipment Alarm Systems"
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Alarm management: A quality improvement project to decreased non-actionable cardiac telemetry alarms
(2016-11-21)A high number of non-actionable cardiac alarms compromise patient safety. Up to 99% of telemetry alarms are false or non-actionable, leaving nurses to guess which 1% of alarms are real. This alarm fatigue phenomenon leaves ... -
Challenges of customizing ECG alarm settings in intensive care units: A mixed methods study
(2018-03-22)Background: Alarm fatigue is a well-established patient safety concern in acute care settings. One mechanism for reducing this phenomenon and improving patient care is customization of alarm settings to reflect individual ... -
Contextual factors influencing the acute care registered nurse's response to clinical alarms
Nurses are faced with a multitude of clinical alarms on a daily basis. There is an inherent expectation that upon hearing an alarm the nurse will immediately respond to assess the situation and initiate appropriate action ... -
Impact of daily electrocardiographic electrode changes upon technical related cardiac monitor alarm events
(2017-09-21)Alarm fatigue occurs when excessive alarms cause nurses to disregard alarms posing a significant patient safety threat. This quality improvement project utilized the plan-do-check-act approach to examine the impact of daily ... -
The utilization of an alarm elimination fall prevention program
(2017-02-23)A typical nursing home with 100 beds reports 100-200 falls each year (CDC, 2015). It is common to see the utilization of personal alarms in nursing homes to prevent falls, although there is no evidence to support the idea ...