PT-SAFE: A software tool for development and annunciation of medical audible alarms

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 576-583

  Bennett, Christopher L ^a   McNeer, Richard R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of Miami College of Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALARM MONITOR; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HOSPITAL LABORATORY; OPERATING ROOM; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT TRACKING SOFTWARE FOR AUDIBLE ALARM FORMULATION AND EVALUATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATOR; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; VENTILATOR;

CLINICAL ALARMS; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HUMANS; PATIENT SAFETY; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84857650625     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e3182456963     Document Type: Article

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