Safety Culture as a Patient Safety Practice for Alarm Fatigue
Bradford D. Winters, Jennifer Slota, Karl Y. Bilimoria
Abstract
This JAMA Performance Improvement article summarizes the AHRQ guideline on alarm fatigue in its health care safety series, including factors important to successfully implement approaches to reduce false alarms, total alarms, and noise levels.
Topics & Concepts
MedicineALARMGuidelinePatient safetyHealth careSafety cultureMedical emergencyEconomicsComposite materialPathologyManagementEconomic growthMaterials scienceHealthcare Technology and Patient MonitoringNon-Invasive Vital Sign MonitoringECG Monitoring and Analysis