Managing alarm fatigue in cardiac care

Progress in Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 85-90

  Solet, Jo M ^a   Barach, Paul R ^b,c  

^a CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE   (United States)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

Author keywords

Alarm fatigue; Human factors; Medical errors; Noise; Patient safety

Indexed keywords

ALARM FATIGUE; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CARDIAC CARE; EMERGENCY CARE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MANAGER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STAFF; MONITORING DEVICE; NOISE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSIBILITY; SAFETY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIMULATION; TEAMWORK;

EID: 84856951075     PISSN: 10589813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ppedcard.2011.12.014     Document Type: Article

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