Clinical alarms: Improving efficiency and effectiveness

Critical Care Nursing Quarterly

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 317-323

  Phillips, JoAnne ^a   Barnsteiner, Jane H ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical alarms; Critical care; Patient monitoring

Indexed keywords

CAREGIVER; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; INTENSIVE CARE; MONITOR; NURSE; PATIENT MONITORING; REVIEW; SAFETY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 27544487628     PISSN: 08879303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002727-200510000-00003     Document Type: Review

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