What is it?
Miscellaneous
Fixing the problem
Policies
100
sensory overload when the clinician ignores or becomes desensitized to the alarms.
What is Alarm Fatigue?
100
946 per patient/per day
What is the average number of alarms per day?
100
Replace electrodes daily or when loose.
What is one thing we can do to minimize false alarms?
100
Nurse must review parameter limits and document per unit standards.
What is the nurses responsibility with alarm parameters?
200
missed or disabled alarms
What does alarm fatigue result in?
200
85-99%
What is the number of alarms experts estimate are "false" or do not need intervention?
200
Customize parameters based on patient.
What is something we can do to minimize false alarms?
200
something the nurse must do when he/she hears an alarm.
What is respond in a TIMELY manner?
300
Patient deaths!!
What is the biggest safety risk of alarm fatigue?
300
Ventilator, IV pump, Heart monitor, telephone, tube feeding pump, door alarm, negative air pressure, Vigileo monitor.
What is alarming??
300
shave hair on chest, use a towel to dry chest, and improve skin contact.
What is a way to reduce false alarms or artifact?
300
Something the nurse must do if the monitor is broken or not working properly.
What is notify Clinical Engineering and the charge nurse immediately?
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