Resultados: 2

Alarm fatigue and the implications for patient safety

Rev. bras. enferm; 71 (6), 2018
ABSTRACT Objective: To measure the response time of health professionals before sound alarm activation and the implications for patient safety. Method: This is a quantitative and observational research conducted in an Adult Intensive Care Unit of a teaching hospital. Three researchers conducted non-par...

Stimulus-response time to alarms of the intra-aortic balloon pump: safe care practices

Rev. bras. enferm; 70 (6), 2017
ABSTRACT Objective: To characterize the sound alarms of the Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump (IABP) during aortic counterpulsation therapy; to measure the stimulus-response time of the team to these; and to discuss the implications of increasing this time for patient safety from the alarm fatigue perspective. ...