Systematic Review of Physiologic Monitor Alarm Characteristics and Pragmatic Interventions to Reduce Alarm Frequency

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 136-144

  Paine, Christine Weirich ^a   Goel, Veena V ^b,c,d   Ely, Elizabeth ^a   Stave, Christopher D ^b   Stemler, Shannon ^a   Zander, Miriam ^a   Bonafide, Christopher P ^a,e  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d LUCILE PACKARD CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALARM EXPOSURE; ALARM FATIGUE; ALARM MONITOR; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; FATIGUE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NURSE ATTITUDE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSIOLOGIC MONITOR ALARM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCEDURES, PARAMETERS AND DEVICES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESPONSE TIME; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL; NURSING STAFF; PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR;

CLINICAL ALARMS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT SAFETY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84956801583     PISSN: 15535592     EISSN: 15535606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jhm.2520     Document Type: Review

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