Testing physiologic monitor alarm customization software to reduce alarm rates and improve nurses' experience of alarms in a medical intensive care unit.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Clinicians in intensive care units experience alarm fatigue related to frequent false and non-actionable alarms produced by physiologic monitors. To reduce non-actionable alarms, alarm settings may need to be customized for individual patients; however, nurses may not customize alarms because of competing demands and alarm fatigue.

Objective

To examine the effectiveness and acceptance of physiologic monitor software to support customization of alarms.

Methods

This pre/post intervention study was conducted in a 56-bed medical intensive care unit. IntelliVue® Alarm Advisor customization support software for alarm limit violations was installed on all monitors and education on its use provided. For 2 months before and after implementation of the software, data

SUBMITTER: Ruppel H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6193710 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature