Managing Alarms in Acute Care Across the Life Span: Electrocardiography and Pulse Oximetry. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Managing Alarms in Acute Care Across the Life Span: Electrocardiography and Pulse Oximetry. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

• Organizational Policy/Guidelines
 
• Published April 2018

Managing Alarms in Acute Care Across the Life Span: Electrocardiography and Pulse Oximetry.

Jespen S, Sendelbach S. Crit Care Nurs. 2018;38:e16-e20.

Overexposure to clinical alarms can contribute to burnout, errors of omission, and staff fatigue. This guideline suggests improvements for both frontline nurses and nursing leaders to enhance the management of electrocardiogram and pulse oximetry monitoring to reduce false alarmsand alarm fatigue.

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