“When alerts are more often false than true, the on-call’s sense of urgency in responding to alerts is diminished … the simple burden of alerts desensitizes the on-call to alerts.”
“When alarms are more often false than true, the nursing staff’s sense of urgency in responding to alarms is diminished … the simple burden of alerts desensitizes caregivers to alarms.” Novel Approach to Cardiac Alarm Management on Telemetry Units
Tackling Alert Fatigue Increase thresholds for patient vitals Only Crisis Alarms would emit audible alerts Nursing staff required to tune false positive alerts in hospitals Novel Approach to Cardiac Alarm Management on Telemetry Units