Quantifying the Impact of Infusion Alerts and Alarms on Nursing Workflows: A Retrospective Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Smart infusion pumps affect workflows as they add alerts and alarms in an information-rich clinical environment where alarm fatigue is already a major concern. An analytic approach is needed to quantify the impact of these alerts and alarms on nursing workflows and patient safety.

Objectives

To analyze a detailed infusion dataset from a smart infusion pump system and identify contributing factors for infusion programming alerts, operational alarms, and alarm resolution times.

Methods

We analyzed detailed infusion pump data across four hospitals in a health system for up to 1 year. The prevalence of alerts and alarms was grouped by infusion type and a selected list of 32 high-alert medications (HAMs). Logistic regression was used to explore the relationship

SUBMITTER: Yu D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8245209 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature