This week’s must-reads bring the worst possible news: patient deaths. Read More
For Improving Patient Safety and Reducing Nuisance Alarms, Evidence Points to Revising Default Settings
by Sean Power and Michael Wong
Alarm fatigue and nuisance alarms put patient safety at risk. The Joint Commission’s Sentinel Event Alert on alarm safety states that between 85 percent and 99 percent of alarm signals do not require clinical intervention — and these nuisance alarms desensitize clinicians. Read More