TY - T1 - Clinical alarms and alarm fatigue in a University Hospital Emergency Department-A retrospective data analysis SN - / UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/336591 T3 - A1 - Jamsa, JO; Uutela, KH; Tapper, AM; Lehtonen, L A2 - PB - Y1 - 2021 LA - eng AB - Background Alarm fatigue is hypothesized to be caused by vast amount of patient monitor alarms. Objectives were to study the frequency and types of patient monitor alarms, to evaluate alarm fatigue, and to find unit specific alarm threshold values in a university hospital emergency department. Methods We retrospectively gathered alarm data from 9 September to 6 October 2019, in Jorvi Hospital Emergency department, Finland. The department treats surgical, internal and general medicine patients ag... VO - IS - SP - OP - KW - alarm fatigue; clinical alarms; emergency medicine; patient safety; EVENTS; 3126 Surgery, anesthesiology, intensive care, radiology N1 - PP - ER -