Why the study?
Does proper skin preparation and electrode placement reduce the frequency of ECG alarms in patients on a telemetry unit?
Population
15 patients admitted to a telemetry hospital in a suburban Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Comparison
Proper skin preparation and ECG electrode… vs Standard/initial electrode placement
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
24 hours
Authors
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May reduce alarm fatigue on telemetry; hypothesis-generating pending randomized confirmation.
Does proper skin preparation and electrode placement reduce the frequency of ECG alarms in patients on a telemetry unit?
Proper skin preparation and ECG electrode placement significantly reduces the frequency of telemetry alarms, which may help mitigate alarm fatigue.
Walsh-Irwin et al. (2015) studied this question.
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