Ensuring Specificity as a Strategy for Increasing Alarm Safety

Gülnur Gül; Şeyda Seren İntepeler

Makale detayları

Ensuring Specificity as a Strategy for Increasing Alarm Safety

Yazarlar:

Gülnur Gül | Şeyda Seren İntepeler

Yayıncı:

Dokuz Eylul University

Ana Başlıklar:

Health Care Administration

Dergi:

Journal of Basic and Clinical Health Sciences Vol.7 Issue 3, pp.139-147

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

9/2023

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001299978

pISSN:

2564-7288

Anahtar kelimeler:

Özet:

 Backround: Alarms are systems created to ensure patient safety. However, when its specificity is not ensured, false positive alarms occur, causing the crying wolf phenomenon and compromising patient safety. Purpose: This study aimed to decrease the number of false-positive alarms by ensuring the standardization and specificity of alarms. Methods: This prospective, quasi-experimental study with a prepost intervention study was conducted in the adult intensive care unit of a training and research hospital through repeated measurements at the beginning and after the intervention. Results: The total alarm load decreased by 46 after the intervention, with the heart rate, saturation, and blood pressure alarms being reduced at a rate of 59, 56, and 23, respectively. The hourly mean number of alarms decreased from 16.8 to 9. Differences between heart rate, oxygen saturation, and blood pressure alarms in terms of the parameter were statistically significant p0.05. Conclusion: The study showed that the number of alarms can be decreased by standardizing the alarms and ensuring specificity in the adult intensive care unit.

 Backround: Alarms are systems created to ensure patient safety. However, when its specificity is not ensured, false positive alarms occur, causing the crying wolf phenomenon and compromising patient safety. Purpose: This study aimed to decrease the number of false-positive alarms by ensuring the standardization and specificity of alarms. Methods: This prospective, quasi-experimental study with a prepost intervention study was conducted in the adult intensive care unit of a training and research hospital through repeated measurements at the beginning and after the intervention. Results: The total alarm load decreased by 46 after the intervention, with the heart rate, saturation, and blood pressure alarms being reduced at a rate of 59, 56, and 23, respectively. The hourly mean number of alarms decreased from 16.8 to 9. Differences between heart rate, oxygen saturation, and blood pressure alarms in terms of the parameter were statistically significant p0.05. Conclusion: The study showed that the number of alarms can be decreased by standardizing the alarms and ensuring specificity in the adult intensive care unit.

 Backround: Alarms are systems created to ensure patient safety. However, when its specificity is not ensured, false positive alarms occur, causing the crying wolf phenomenon and compromising patient safety. Purpose: This study aimed to decrease the number of false-positive alarms by ensuring the standardization and specificity of alarms. Methods: This prospective, quasi-experimental study with a prepost intervention study was conducted in the adult intensive care unit of a training and research hospital through repeated measurements at the beginning and after the intervention. Results: The total alarm load decreased by 46 after the intervention, with the heart rate, saturation, and blood pressure alarms being reduced at a rate of 59, 56, and 23, respectively. The hourly mean number of alarms decreased from 16.8 to 9. Differences between heart rate, oxygen saturation, and blood pressure alarms in terms of the parameter were statistically significant p0.05. Conclusion: The study showed that the number of alarms can be decreased by standardizing the alarms and ensuring specificity in the adult intensive care unit.

 Backround: Alarms are systems created to ensure patient safety. However, when its specificity is not ensured, false positive alarms occur, causing the crying wolf phenomenon and compromising patient safety. Purpose: This study aimed to decrease the number of false-positive alarms by ensuring the standardization and specificity of alarms. Methods: This prospective, quasi-experimental study with a prepost intervention study was conducted in the adult intensive care unit of a training and research hospital through repeated measurements at the beginning and after the intervention. Results: The total alarm load decreased by 46 after the intervention, with the heart rate, saturation, and blood pressure alarms being reduced at a rate of 59, 56, and 23, respectively. The hourly mean number of alarms decreased from 16.8 to 9. Differences between heart rate, oxygen saturation, and blood pressure alarms in terms of the parameter were statistically significant p0.05. Conclusion: The study showed that the number of alarms can be decreased by standardizing the alarms and ensuring specificity in the adult intensive care unit.

Makale detayları

Ensuring Specificity as a Strategy for Increasing Alarm Safety

Yazarlar:

Gülnur Gül | Şeyda Seren İntepeler

Yayıncı:

Dokuz Eylul University

Ana Başlıklar:

Health Care Administration

Dergi:

Journal of Basic and Clinical Health Sciences Vol.7 Issue 3, pp.139-147

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

9/2023

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001299978

pISSN:

2564-7288

clinical alarms

critical care

patient monitoring

alarm management

Sayı

Makale detayları

Ensuring Specificity as a Strategy for Increasing Alarm Safety

Yazarlar: Gülnur Gül | Şeyda Seren İntepeler

Yayıncı: Dokuz Eylul University

Ana Başlıklar: Health Care Administration

Dergi: Journal of Basic and Clinical Health Sciences Vol.7 Issue 3, pp.139-147

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 9/2023

Belge Dili: İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.): 2001299978

pISSN: 2564-7288

clinical alarms

critical care

patient monitoring

alarm management

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Gülnur Gül | Şeyda Seren İntepeler

Yayıncı:

Dokuz Eylul University

Ana Başlıklar:

Health Care Administration

Dergi:

Journal of Basic and Clinical Health Sciences Vol.7 Issue 3, pp.139-147

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

9/2023

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001299978

pISSN:

2564-7288