Monitor alarms and alarm fatigue

AACN Advanced Critical Care

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 418-420

  Hannibal, Gerard B ^a  

^a LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MONITORING;

EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HUMANS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC;

EID: 81255142591     PISSN: 15597768     EISSN: 15597776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NCI.0b013e318232ed55     Document Type: Article

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