Use of Pagers With an Alarm Escalation System to Reduce Cardiac Monitor Alarm Signals

被引：41

作者：

Cvach, Maria M. ^{[1
]}

Frank, Robert J. ^{[1
]}

Doyle, Pete ^{[1
]}

Stevens, Zeina Khouri ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Johns Hopkins Univ Hosp, Baltimore, MD 21287 USA

来源：

JOURNAL OF NURSING CARE QUALITY | 2014年 / 29卷 / 01期

关键词：

noise/adverse effects; alarm fatigue; pagers; medical errors/prevention; fatigue/prevention and control; clinical alarms; INTENSIVE-CARE-UNIT; RISK PATIENTS; WOLF; ICU;

D O I：

10.1097/NCQ.0b013e3182a61887

中图分类号：

R47 [护理学];

学科分类号：

1011 ;

摘要：

Alarm fatigue desensitizes nurses to alarm signals and presents potential for patient harm. This project describes an innovative method of communicating cardiac monitor alarms to pagers using an alarm escalation algorithm. This innovation was tested on 2 surgical progressive care units over a 6-month period. There was a significant decrease in mean frequency and duration of high-priority monitor alarms and improvement in nurses' perception of alarm response time, using this method of alarm communication.

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