• DOI:10.1097/NCI.0b013e3182a903f9
Corpus ID: 36319250

Alarm fatigue: a patient safety concern.

@article{Sendelbach2013AlarmFA,
  title={Alarm fatigue: a patient safety concern.},
  author={S. Sendelbach and M. Funk},
  journal={AACN advanced critical care},
  year={2013},
  volume={24 4},
  pages={
          378-86; quiz 387-8
        }
}

S. Sendelbach, M. Funk

Published 2013

Medicine

AACN advanced critical care

Research has demonstrated that 72% to 99% of clinical alarms are false. The high number of false alarms has led to alarm fatigue. Alarm fatigue is sensory overload when clinicians are exposed to an excessive number of alarms, which can result in desensitization to alarms and missed alarms. Patient deaths have been attributed to alarm fatigue. Patient safety and regulatory agencies have focused on the issue of alarm fatigue, and it is a 2014 Joint Commission National Patient Safety Goal. Quality… CONTINUE READING

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