Alarm Fatigue: Use of an Evidence-Based Alarm Management Strategy

Jacob W. Turmell; Lola Coke; Rachel Catinella; Tracy Hosford; Amy Majeski

doi:10.1097/NCQ.0000000000000223

Alarm Fatigue: Use of an Evidence-Based Alarm Management Strategy

Jacob W. Turmell, Lola Coke, Rachel Catinella, Tracy Hosford, Amy Majeski

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Abstract

The purpose of this article is to describe the impact of an evidence-based alarm management strategy on patient safety. An alarm management program reduced alarms up to 30%. Evaluation of patients on continuous cardiac monitoring showed a 3.5% decrease in census. This alarm management strategy has the potential to save $136 500 and 841 hours of registered nurses' time per year. No patient harm occurred during the 2-year project.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	47-54
Number of pages	8
Journal	Journal of nursing care quality
Volume	32
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/NCQ.0000000000000223
State	Published - Mar 1 2017
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

alarm fatigue
alarm management
alarms
cardiac monitoring
telemetry

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Nursing(all)

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