Monitor alarms in hospitals come in handy in saving lives of patients, but their frequency of beeping leads to fatigue in caregivers, thereby desensitizing the caregivers. Researchers at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center have tackled this problem and developed a standardized, team-based approach to reducing cardiac monitor alarms. The process reduced the median number of daily cardiac alarms from 180 to 40, and increased caregiver compliance with the ...Monday 10 November 2014
Now a Better Caregiver Performance With Reduced "Alarm Fatigue" in Hospitals
Monitor alarms in hospitals come in handy in saving lives of patients, but their frequency of beeping leads to fatigue in caregivers, thereby desensitizing the caregivers. Researchers at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center have tackled this problem and developed a standardized, team-based approach to reducing cardiac monitor alarms. The process reduced the median number of daily cardiac alarms from 180 to 40, and increased caregiver compliance with the ...
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