Alarm fatigue and its influence on staff performance

IIE Transactions on Healthcare Systems Engineering

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 183-196

  Deb, Shuchisnigdha ^a   Claudio, David ^a  

^a Idaho National Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

acute care; affects; alarm fatigue; Mental workload

Indexed keywords

ALARM MONITORING; ARTICLE; FATIGUE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; JOB PERFORMANCE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE; VENTILATOR; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84981229199     PISSN: 19488300     EISSN: 19488319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19488300.2015.1062065     Document Type: Article

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