If you step into any in-patient hospital or critical care center, you’ll notice one thing in common: near-constant, loud, piercing alarms. Of course, the purpose of an alarm is to get someone’s attention, immediately, when something abnormal occurs. One study records an average of 1.2 alarms heard by a nurse every 60 seconds or as many as 359 alarms per medical procedure. Few alarms are of any clinical value, making them frustrating to hospital staff and in the worst cases, harmful to patients. Overall, frequent false alarms and noise levels do little to foster a healing, comforting environment. WHITE PAPER: COMBATING ALARM FATIGUE White Paper: Combating Alarm Fatigue Contents How Alarm Fatigue Affects Staff and Patients Strategies to Reduce Alarm Fatigue Reducing False Alarms Alarm

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