Alarm limit settings for early warning systems to identify at-risk patients

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1844-1852

  Burgess, Lawrence P A ^a   Herdman, Tracy Heather ^b   Berg, Benjamin W ^a   Feaster, William W ^c   Hebsur, Shashidhar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b Hoana Medical Inc   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alarm limits; Early warning systems; Monitor; Nursing; Patient safety; Vigilance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALARM MONITOR; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CALIBRATION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALIBRATION; CLINICAL ALARMS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PATIENTS' ROOMS; RESPIRATORY RATE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68849106532     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2009.05048.x     Document Type: Article

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