International Journal For Multidisciplinary Research

E-ISSN: 2582-2160   •   Impact Factor: 9.24

A Widely Indexed Open Access Peer Reviewed Multidisciplinary Bi-monthly Scholarly International Journal

Call for Paper Volume 6 Issue 4 July-August 2024 Submit your research before last 3 days of August to publish your research paper in the issue of July-August.
Submit Research Paper Join as a Reviewer

Plagiarism is checked by the leading plagiarism checker TurnItIn

Call for Paper

Volume 6 Issue 4
July-August 2024

Submit your research paper

Indexing Partners
Academia Advanced Sciences Index Bielefeld Academic Search Engine CiteSeer DRJI Google Scholar Independent Search Engine & Directory Network ISI (International Scientific Indexing) Issuu Mendeley Research Networks
RefSeek ResearcherId - Thomson Reuters ResearchGate Scirus Scribd Semantic Scholar UTeM - Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka Wiki for Call for Papers WorldCat Zenodo

Alarm Configuration in Intensive Care Units of a Corporate Hospital

Author(s) VIJAYA RUDRARAJU, MANIZA FATIMA
Country India
Abstract In intensive care units (ICUs), inappropriate alarm configuration practices pose significant challenges to patient safety and healthcare providers. The current practices lack standardized guidelines, resulting in excessive alarms and alarm fatigue, where healthcare providers become desensitized and may miss critical events. The absence of standardized protocols and ineffective alarm prioritization exacerbate the problem. The present study aims to understand the various alarm configuration practices in the Intensive Care Unit and to proactively evaluate the limitations of clinical alarm systems management. It focused on identifying reasons for the occurrence of nuisance and false alarms, factoring in the proportion of these unnecessary alarms, and chalking out measures to reduce these false and nuisance alarms.
After months of ICU observation, Alarm desensitization, and Alarm fatigue came out to be eminent issues in the functioning of an Intensive Care Unit. The clamor of alarms has been demonstrated to hinder patient recovery, lengthen stays, have a poor impact on patient satisfaction, and cause patient anxiety, sleep difficulties, delirium, elevated blood pressure and heart rates, and immune system deterioration. Therefore, fewer alerts and a simpler alarm configuration procedure can aid in better patient outcomes. The response to all alarms is imperative but false and nuisance alarms make it challenging for the nurses to differentiate and respond to genuine alarms. The study focused on identifying reasons for the occurrence of nuisance and false alarms, factoring in the proportion of these unnecessary alarms, and chalking out measures to reduce these false and nuisance alarms. This included a checklist to monitor the alarms in ICUs on a daily basis for various equipment including cardiac monitors, ventilators, dialysis machines, syringe pumps, and infusion pumps. These were monitored for around 5 hours a day and the analysis revealed most of the equipment especially cardiac monitors giving out false and nuisance alarms. A pre-assessment questionnaire was made to assess the knowledge and perception regarding clinical alarms for nurses. The analysis revealed that 40% of nurses could not differentiate between false and nuisance alarms.
Keywords ICU, Alarm Fatigue, Alarm Desensitization, Nuisance Alarm.
Field Medical / Pharmacy
Published In Volume 6, Issue 2, March-April 2024
Published On 2024-04-25
Cite This Alarm Configuration in Intensive Care Units of a Corporate Hospital - VIJAYA RUDRARAJU, MANIZA FATIMA - IJFMR Volume 6, Issue 2, March-April 2024. DOI 10.36948/ijfmr.2024.v06i02.18000
DOI https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2024.v06i02.18000
Short DOI https://doi.org/
View / Download PDF File

Share this


E-ISSN 2582-2160
CrossRef

CrossRef DOI is assigned to each research paper published in our journal.

IJFMR DOI prefix is
10.36948/ijfmr

Downloads
Research Paper Format Copyright Permission Form and Undertaking Form Cover Page Vol 6 Isu 4 Cover Page Vol 6 Isu 3 Cover Page Vol 6 Isu 2

All research papers published on this website are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, and all rights belong to their respective authors/researchers.

CC-BY-SA Open Access

About IJFMR
Fees & Payment
Current Issue
Publication Archive 		Submit Research Paper
Track Submission Status
Publication Guidelines
Publication Ethics
Peer Review & Plagiarism 		Join as a Reviewer
Editors & Reviewers
Reviewer Referral Program
Get Reviewer Membership Certi. 		Website/Journal Policies
Usage Policy
Content Policies
Privacy Policy
Contact Us +91-9898-5948-55 editor@ijfmr.com