Abstract

CAN YOU RECALL TIMES after a busy day at work when you thought you could still hear the alarms from the postanesthesia care unit at home? I thought I could hear the beeps of the pulse oximeters and the alarms of ventilators in the distance. Do you quickly respond to the alarms at work? Are you tempted to turn down the volume of those alarms? That may be one of the reasons that The Joint Commission announced their 2014 National Patient Safety Goal on clinical alarm safety. Beginning last year, hospitals were required to make alarms a priority within their facilities. Hopefully you are hearing about this within your institutions. Jacqueline Ross, PhD, RN, CPAN, is a Senior Clinical Analyst, Department of Patient Safety, TDC, Napa, CA

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