Crying wolf, alarm safety and management in paediatrics: A scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To provide a contemporaneous evidentiary overview of neonatal and paediatric studies investigating alarm-related patient safety and alarm system management. Furthermore, to describe how clinical alarm burden is captured and reported, to identify clinical devices that contribute to alarm burden, to explore alarm-related and patient safety measures and terminologies and to review alarm management initiatives.

Design

Scoping review.

Data sources

A systematic search of PubMed, Embase, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, Scopus and EBSCOhost was conducted from 2013 to 2023 using predetermined search terms, index terms, medical subject headings and truncation.

Methods

Observational and qualitative studies with neonatal and paediatric populat

SUBMITTER: Cole R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12535332 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature