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

ABSTRACT:

Background

Alarm fatigue from frequent nonactionable physiologic monitor alarms is frequently named as a threat to patient safety.

Purpose

To critically examine the available literature relevant to alarm fatigue.

Data sources

Articles published in English, Spanish, or French between January 1980 and April 2015 indexed in PubMed, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, Scopus, Cochrane Library, Google Scholar, and ClinicalTrials.gov.

Study selection

Articles focused on hospital physiologic monitor alarms addressing any of the following: (1) the proportion of alarms that are actionable, (2) the relationship between alarm exposure and nurse response time, and (3) the effectiveness of interventions in reducing alarm frequency.

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SUBMITTER: Paine CW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4778561 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature