Clinical Alarms: Complexity and Common Sense

Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 145-156

  Phillips, JoAnne ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BIOENGINEERING; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EQUIPMENT; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTENSIVE CARE; MONITORING; MORTALITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TIME; UNITED STATES; VENTILATOR; WORKLOAD;

CAUSALITY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CRITICAL CARE; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; JOINT COMMISSION ON ACCREDITATION OF HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; VENTILATORS, MECHANICAL; WORKLOAD;

EID: 33646678932     PISSN: 08995885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccell.2006.01.002     Document Type: Review

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