Optimization of alarms: A study on alarm limits, alarm sounds, and false alarms, intended to reduce annoyance

Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 75-83

  Block Jr , Frank E ^a,d   Nuutinen, Lauri ^b   Ballast, Bert ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALARM SYSTEMS; ANESTHESIOLOGY;

FALSE ALARMS;

PATIENT MONITORING;

ALARM MONITORING; ANESTHESIST; ANNOYANCE; ARTICLE; FINLAND; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NETHERLANDS; OPERATING ROOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND; UNITED STATES; ANESTHESIOLOGY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BREATHING; EQUIPMENT; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; PATIENT MONITORING;

CARBON DIOXIDE; OXYGEN;

ANESTHESIOLOGY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; DATA COLLECTION; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FINLAND; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; NETHERLANDS; OXYGEN; RESPIRATION; SOUND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0344654720     PISSN: 13871307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009992830942     Document Type: Article

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