Staff perspectives on the influence of patient characteristics on alarm management in the intensive care unit: a cross-sectional survey study

• Main Authors: Felix Balzer (Author), Louis Agha- (Author), Nicole Ziemert (Author), Malte Schmieding (Author), Lina Mosch (Author), Mona Prendke (Author), Maximilian Markus Wunderlich (Author), Belinda Memmert (Author), Claudia Spies (Author), Akira-Sebastian Poncette (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background High rates of clinical alarms in the intensive care unit can result in alarm fatigue among staff. Individualization of alarm thresholds is regarded as one measure to reduce non-actionable alarms. The aim of this study was to investigate staff's perceptions of alarm threshold...