Alarm fatigue: The human-system interface

Clinical Nurse Specialist

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 135-137

  Guardia Labar, Lilly M ^a   Scruth, Elizabeth Ann ^b   Edworthy, Judy ^c   Foss Durant, Anne M ^a   Burgoon, Daniel Hunter ^a  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^b Infection Control Clinical Practice Consultant   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FATIGUE; HUMAN; MAN MACHINE INTERACTION;

FATIGUE; HUMANS; MAN-MACHINE SYSTEMS;

EID: 84898021396     PISSN: 08876274     EISSN: 15389782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NUR.0000000000000039     Document Type: Article

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