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- Title
Can Alarm Fatigue Be Conquered?
- Abstract
The article discusses how healthcare providers are looking for ways to effectively address the problem of alarm fatigue. Topics mentioned include The Joint Commission's (TJC) discovery of the rising level of alarm fatigue, its National Patient Safety Goals (NPSGs) mandate as of January 2016, and examples of healthcare facilities that are reporting success with their efforts to reduce alarm fatigue, including Boston Medical Center in Massachusetts and Texas Children's Hospital (TCH) in Houston.
- Subjects
UNITED States; MENTAL fatigue; ADVERSE health care events; HEALTH facility administration; HOSPITAL health promotion programs; MONITOR alarms (Medicine); PSYCHOLOGY of nurses; PATIENT safety; HUMAN services programs; PREVENTION
- Publication
Same-Day Surgery, 2016, Vol 40, Issue 8, p88
- ISSN
0190-5066
- Publication type
Article