Learning three sets of alarms for the same medical functions: Aperspective on the difficulty of learning alarms specified in an international standard

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1291-1296

  Edworthy, Judy ^a   Page, Rebecca ^a   Hibbard, Andrea ^a   Kyle, Sean ^a   Ratnage, Paul ^a   Claydon, Suzanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alarms; Auditory icons; Auditory warnings

Indexed keywords

ERGONOMICS; PHYSICAL THERAPY;

ALARMS; AUDITORY ICONS; AUDITORY WARNING; INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS; LEARNABILITY;

ALARM SYSTEMS;

ADULT; ALARM; ARTICLE; AUDITORY ICON; AUDITORY WARNING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; GENERAL MEDICAL DEVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SOUND; STANDARD; ADOLESCENT; ALARM MONITOR; AUDITORY STIMULATION; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MIDDLE AGED; STANDARDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CLINICAL ALARMS; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901618428     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: 18729126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2013.10.003     Document Type: Article

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