Crying wolf: False alarms and patient safety

J Hosp Med. 2015 Jun;10(6):409-10. doi: 10.1002/jhm.2355. Epub 2015 Apr 15.

Author

Christopher P Landrigan^{1

2

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Affiliations

¹ Division of General Pediatrics, Department of Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
² Division of Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
³ Division of Sleep Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.

PMID: 25879176
DOI: 10.1002/jhm.2355

No abstract available

Publication types

Editorial
Comment

MeSH terms

Clinical Alarms / statistics & numerical data*
Humans
Intensive Care Units, Pediatric / statistics & numerical data*
Monitoring, Physiologic / nursing*
Nursing Care / statistics & numerical data*
Patient Safety*
Reaction Time*