Abstract
Background/Aim: Unwarranted use of continuous monitoring on pediatric patients has been associated with increased hospital admissions, interventions, and length of stay, as well as alarm fatigue among care providers. At our institution we observe consistently high numbers of patients on monitors, many without a clinical indication, and an environment of near-constant ringing of alarm bells and delayed provider response times.The aim of this project was to decrease the daily percentage of patients admitted to the pediatric hospitalist service who were on continuous cardiorespiratory or pulse oximetry monitoring by 20% within …
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