Alarm management in a single-patient room intensive care units

C. van Pul; R. Joshi; W. Dijkman; H. van de Mortel; J.J.L. Bogaart, van de; T. Mohns; Peter Andriessen

doi:10.3233/978-1-61499-597-5-119

Alarm management in a single-patient room intensive care units

C. van Pul, R. Joshi, W. Dijkman, H. van de Mortel, J.J.L. Bogaart, van de, T. Mohns, Peter Andriessen

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An international trend in intensive care is the shift from open, bay area intensive care units towards single-patient room care, since this is considered optimal for patient healing and family privacy. However, in the intensive care setting, an increasing number of devices and parameters are being used to treat and monitor the patient. This leads to an increase in the number of alarms that are needed to notify caretakers. In single room care, additional technology is also necessary in order to distribute alarms from the source to the healthcare worker's location such as a distributed alarming system. While single-room care creates a better environment for healing, it poses challenges for managing alarms. This book chapter discusses alarm management in detail. An example of alarm management in a single-patient intensive care situation along with the prevalent rates of different alarms for an adult and a neonatal ICU (NICU) in a general teaching hospital are also discussed. Finally, methods towards improving the alarm chain and reducing alarm pressure are proposed.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Recent Advances in Ambient Assisted Living – Bridging Assistive Technologies, e-Health and Personalized Health Care
Editors	Wei Chen, Juan Carlos Augusto, Fernando Seoane, Fedor Lehocki, Klaus-Henderik Wolf, Johan Arends, Constantin Ungureanu, Reiner Wichert
Publisher	IOS Press
Pages	119-133
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-61499-597-5
ISBN (Print)	978-1-61499-596-8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3233/978-1-61499-597-5-119
Publication status	Published - 2015

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Name	Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments
Volume	20

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van Pul, C., Joshi, R., Dijkman, W., van de Mortel, H., Bogaart, van de, J. J. L., Mohns, T., & Andriessen, P. (2015). Alarm management in a single-patient room intensive care units. In W. Chen, J. Carlos Augusto, F. Seoane, F. Lehocki, K.-H. Wolf, J. Arends, C. Ungureanu, & R. Wichert (Eds.), Recent Advances in Ambient Assisted Living – Bridging Assistive Technologies, e-Health and Personalized Health Care (pp. 119-133). (Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments; Vol. 20). IOS Press. https://doi.org/10.3233/978-1-61499-597-5-119

van Pul, C. ; Joshi, R. ; Dijkman, W. et al. / Alarm management in a single-patient room intensive care units. Recent Advances in Ambient Assisted Living – Bridging Assistive Technologies, e-Health and Personalized Health Care. editor / Wei Chen ; Juan Carlos Augusto ; Fernando Seoane ; Fedor Lehocki ; Klaus-Henderik Wolf ; Johan Arends ; Constantin Ungureanu ; Reiner Wichert. IOS Press, 2015. pp. 119-133 (Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments).

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van Pul, C, Joshi, R, Dijkman, W, van de Mortel, H, Bogaart, van de, JJL, Mohns, T & Andriessen, P 2015, Alarm management in a single-patient room intensive care units. in W Chen, J Carlos Augusto, F Seoane, F Lehocki, K-H Wolf, J Arends, C Ungureanu & R Wichert (eds), Recent Advances in Ambient Assisted Living – Bridging Assistive Technologies, e-Health and Personalized Health Care. Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments, vol. 20, IOS Press, pp. 119-133. https://doi.org/10.3233/978-1-61499-597-5-119

Alarm management in a single-patient room intensive care units. / van Pul, C.; Joshi, R.; Dijkman, W. et al.
Recent Advances in Ambient Assisted Living – Bridging Assistive Technologies, e-Health and Personalized Health Care. ed. / Wei Chen; Juan Carlos Augusto; Fernando Seoane; Fedor Lehocki; Klaus-Henderik Wolf; Johan Arends; Constantin Ungureanu; Reiner Wichert. IOS Press, 2015. p. 119-133 (Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments; Vol. 20).

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van Pul C, Joshi R, Dijkman W, van de Mortel H, Bogaart, van de JJL, Mohns T et al. Alarm management in a single-patient room intensive care units. In Chen W, Carlos Augusto J, Seoane F, Lehocki F, Wolf KH, Arends J, Ungureanu C, Wichert R, editors, Recent Advances in Ambient Assisted Living – Bridging Assistive Technologies, e-Health and Personalized Health Care. IOS Press. 2015. p. 119-133. (Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments). doi: 10.3233/978-1-61499-597-5-119

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