Complementing medical device alarms with animated guidance

Biomedical Instrumentation and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue SPRING, 2011, Pages 67-71

  Wiklund, Michael ^a,b   Kendler, Jonathan ^a  

^a Wiklund Research and Design   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALARM MONITOR; ALARM MONITORING; ANNOYANCE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COST; DIALYSIS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FATIGUE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFUSION PUMP; MEDICAL DEVICE; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SHORT SURVEY; WORK ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; EQUIPMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MONITORING; STANDARD;

CLINICAL ALARMS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HUMANS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS APPLICATIONS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC;

EID: 80052628474     PISSN: 08998205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2345/0899-8205-45.s1.67     Document Type: Short Survey

References (3)

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3. Wee AN, Sanderson PM. Are melodic medical equipment alarms easily learned? Anesthesia & Analgesia. 2008;106(2):501-508. (Pubitemid 351156674)