SCCM Resource Library-Quiet, Please! Minimizing Alarm Fatigue and Maximizing Safe Patient Care

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Video Summary

Alarm fatigue in the ICU is a significant issue that can compromise patient safety and delay clinical response to alarms. To address this problem, strategies such as assessing the need for monitoring, optimizing technology, customizing alarm settings, conducting alarm rounds, and considering contextuality of alarms can be implemented. Bundling these strategies together can lead to significant reductions in alarm fatigue. A panel discussion also highlighted the importance of collaboration between equipment manufacturers and healthcare providers in developing solutions for alarm fatigue. The role of customization and predictive analytics in improving alarm management was emphasized, along with the need for ongoing monitoring and quality improvement efforts.

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Quality and Patient Safety, Procedures, 2020

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The Society of Critical Care Medicine's Critical Care Congress features internationally renowned faculty and content sessions highlighting the most up-to-date, evidence-based developments in critical care medicine. This is a presentation from the 2020 Critical Care Congress held February 16-19, 2020, in Orlando, Florida, USA.

Learning Objectives

Identify the different technologic distractions that clinicians are confronted with in the ICU environment
Compare successful methods that have safely decreased ICU alarms and technologic distractions
Evaluate the tipping point of swinging too far in the direction of too few critical alarms
Explain how to effectively implement and apply these techniques in your ICU
Describe new analytic programs to filter alarms

More Than the Monitor: How Many Alarms Do We Face in a Day in the ICU?

Sandra L. Kane-Gill

Successfully Decreasing Nuisance Alarms: Fantasy or Reality?

Jacqueline Y. Steuer

How Can I Implement Programs to Decrease Alert Fatigue in My ICU?

Bradford D. Winters

Leveraging New Technology to Filter Important Alarms

Barbara McLean

Meta Tag

Content Type Presentation

Knowledge Area Quality and Patient Safety

Knowledge Area Procedures

Knowledge Level Foundational

Membership Level Select

Membership Level Professional

Membership Level Associate

Tag Communication

Tag Monitoring

Year 2020

Keywords

alarm fatigue

ICU

patient safety

clinical response

monitoring

technology optimization

alarm settings

alarm rounds

contextuality of alarms

reductions

panel discussion

collaboration

equipment manufacturers

healthcare providers

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