Does physiologic monitor alarm customization software reduce alarm rates and improve nurses' experience of alarms in a medical intensive care unit?
Alarm customization software can reduce alarm rates and support nurses in managing patient alarms in the ICU.
Alarm customization software was associated with a reduction in alarms. Use of software to support nurses' recognition of trends in patients' alarms and facilitate changes to alarm settings may add value to alarm reduction initiatives.
Ruppel et al. (Thu,) studied this question.