Key result
A review of alarm system safety highlights the need for improved physiologic monitors in intensive care units to address alarm fatigue and guide researchers, vendors, and clinical leaders.
Why the study?
Alarm fatigue is a complex phenomenon, and available information on how to address it and improve alarm system safety is relatively scarce.
Population
Physiologic monitors in intensive care units
Design
State of science review guided by systematic reviews and interventional studies
Authors
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May inform ICU alarm protocols; leaves open efficacy of recommendations pending prospective trials.
This review provides a comprehensive summary of alarm system safety and offers actionable recommendations to mitigate alarm fatigue in intensive care units.
Sowan et al. (2022) conducted a review in Alarm fatigue. Alarm system safety strategies was evaluated. A review of alarm system safety highlights the need for improved physiologic monitors in intensive care units to address alarm fatigue and guide researchers, vendors, and clinical leaders.
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