ArticleBiomedical instrumentation & technology2022
State of Science in Alarm System Safety: Implications for Researchers, Vendors, and Clinical Leaders.
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- Improving the Quality of Nursing Care Through Clinical Alarm Management in Intensive Care Units: An Integrative Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- ICU nurses' experiences, practices and support needs in ventilator alarm management: a qualitative study.BMJ open · 2026Article
- Factors Associated With the Usability and Adoption of Continuous Monitoring Devices With Deterioration Alerting Systems in Acute Hospital Non-ICU Settings: A Mixed Methods Study.Journal of nursing management · 2026Article
- Exploring alarm fatigue among clinical nurses through a human factors engineering framework: a descriptive qualitative study.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Context-Aware Alerting in Elderly Care Facilities: A Hybrid Framework Integrating LLM Reasoning with Rule-Based Logic.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Evidence-based practices for prevention and management of medical device alarm fatigue in anesthesia professionals.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- Alarm fatigue and perceived stress among critical care nurses in the intensive care units: Palestinian perspectives.BMC nursing · 2024Article
- Alarm fatigue and sleep quality in medical staff-a Polish-Czech-Slovak study on workplace ergonomics.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Alarm Fatigue in Nursing Students Undertaking Clinical Training in Intensive Care Units: A Multicenter Study.La Medicina del lavoro · 2023Article
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Abstract
Alarm fatigue is a complex phenomenon that needs to be assessed within the context of the clinical setting. Considering that complexity, the available information on how to address alarm fatigue and improve alarm system safety is relatively scarce. This article summarizes the state of science in alarm system safety based on the eight dimensions of a sociotechnical model for studying health information technology in complex adaptive healthcare systems. The summary and recommendations were guided by available systematic reviews on the topic, interventional studies published between January 2019 and February 2022, and recommendations and evidence-based practice interventions published by professional organizations. The current article suggests implications to help researchers respond to the gap in science related to alarm safety, help vendors design safe monitoring systems, and help clinical leaders apply evidence-based strategies to improve alarm safety in their settings. Physiologic monitors in intensive care units-the devices most commonly used in complex care environments and associated with the highest number of alarms and deaths-are the focus of the current work.
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