Testing physiologic monitor alarm customization software to reduce alarm rates and improve nurses’ experience of alarms in a medical intensive care unit

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  Fig 1. Example Alarm Advisor visual alert for repeated silencing of “SpO2 Low” alarms.

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  Fig 2. Study design.

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  Fig 3. Alarms addressed by Alarm Advisor categorized by number of alarms/bed hour (1+–60+). Alarms addressed by Alarm Advisor: medium priority heart rate, respiratory rate, SpO2, and arterial pressure alarms.

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  Fig 4. Medium priority heart rate alarms categorized by number of alarms/bed hour (1+–60+).

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  Fig 5. Medium priority respiratory rate alarms categorized by number of alarms/bed hour (1+–60+).

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  Fig 6. Medium priority SpO2 alarms categorized by number of alarms/bed hour (1+–60+).

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  Fig 7. Medium priority arterial pressure alarms categorized by number of alarms/per bed hour (1+–60+).