Alarm Management

ASA Monitor ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 85 (11) ◽  
pp. 23-23
Keyword(s):  
Alarm Management

Alarm management optimization in chemical installations based on adapted HAZOP reports

2021 ◽  
pp. 104578
Author(s):  
Yifei Meng ◽  
Xiaomiao Song ◽  
Dongfeng Zhao ◽  
Qinglong Liu
Keyword(s):  
Alarm Management ◽  
Management Optimization

An In-Service Educational Package Improves Alarm Management in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU): Before and After Study

2021 ◽  
pp. 097321792110512
Author(s):  
Suryaprakash Hedda ◽  
Shashidhar A. ◽  
Saudamini Nesargi ◽  
Kalyan Chakravarthy Balla ◽  
Prashantha Y. N. ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Response Time ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care ◽  
Alarm Management ◽  
Educational Package ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Before And After Study

Background: Monitoring in neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) largely relies on equipment which have a number of alarms that are often quite loud. This creates a noisy environment, and moreover leads to desensitization of health-care personnel, whereby potentially important alarms may also be ignored. The objective was to evaluate the effect of an educational package on alarm management (the number of alarms, response to alarms, and appropriateness of settings). Methods: A before and after study was conducted at a tertiary neonatal care center in a teaching hospital in India involving all health-care professionals (HCP) working in the high dependency unit. The intervention consisted of demo lectures about working of alarms and bedside demonstrations of customizing alarm limits. A pre- and postintervention questionnaire was also administered to assess knowledge and attitude toward alarms. The outcomes were the number and type of alarms, response time, appropriateness of HCP response, and appropriateness of alarm limits as observed across a 24-h period which were compared before and after the intervention. Findings: The intervention resulted in a significant decrease in the number of alarms (11.6-9.6/h). The number of times where appropriate alarm settings were used improved from 24.3% to 67.1% ( P < .001). The response time to alarm did not change significantly (225 s vs 200 s); however, the appropriate response to alarms improved significantly from 15.6% to 68.8%. Conclusion: A simple structured intervention can improve the appropriate management of alarms. Application to Practice: Customizing alarm limits and nursing education reduce the alarm burden in NICUs

A dynamic alarm management strategy for chemical process transitions

2014 ◽  
Vol 30 ◽  
pp. 207-218 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jianfeng Zhu ◽  
Yidan Shu ◽  
Jinsong Zhao ◽  
Fan Yang
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Process ◽  
Management Strategy ◽  
Alarm Management

A Distributed Approach to Alarm Management in Chronic Kidney Disease

2014 ◽  
Vol 18 (6) ◽  
pp. 1796-1803 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miguel A. Estudillo-Valderrama ◽  
Alejandro Talaminos-Barroso ◽  
Laura M. Roa ◽  
David Naranjo-Hernandez ◽  
Javier Reina-Tosina ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Kidney Disease ◽  
Kidney Disease ◽  
Alarm Management ◽  
Distributed Approach

scholarly journals Effectiveness of application of a manual for improvement of alarms management by nurses in Intensive Care Units

2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Amirhossein Yousefinya ◽  
Camellia Torabizadeh ◽  
Farid Zand ◽  
Mahnaz Rakhshan ◽  
Mohammad Fararooei
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care ◽  
Intensive Care Units ◽  
Blood Pressure Monitoring ◽  
Post Intervention ◽  
Alarm Management ◽  
Effective Interventions ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
And Control ◽  
Time Type

Objective. To evaluate the effects of application of a manual on the improvement of alarms management in Intensive Care Units (ICU). Methods. This quasi-experimental study evaluated the effectiveness of the introduction into of a manual for alarm management and control in the ICU of a hospital in southeastern Iran. The intervention was a 4-hour workshop was on topics related to the adverse effects of alarms, standardization of ECG, oxygen saturation and blood pressure monitoring systems, and the use of ventilators and infusion pumps. Data were collected thorough 200 hours of observation of 60 ICU nurses (100 hours’ pre-intervention and 100 hours’ post-intervention). Response time, type of response, customization of alarm settings for each patient, the person responding to an alarm, and the cause of the alarm were analyzed. Alarms were classified into three types: false, true and technical. Results. The results showed a statistically significant difference between the pre- and post-intervention frequency of alarm types, frequency of monitoring parameters, customized monitoring settings for patients, and individuals who responded to alarms. The percentage of effective interventions was significantly higher for all parameters after the intervention (46.9%) than before the intervention (38.9%). Conclusion. The employment of a manual for management of alarms from electronic equipment in ICUs can increase the frequency of appropriate responses to alarms in these units.

scholarly journals An Application of Advanced Alarm Management Tools to an Oil Sand Extraction Plant∗∗This work was supported by an NSERC CRD project with Suncor Energy as an industrial partner.

2015 ◽  
Vol 48 (8) ◽  
pp. 641-646 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wenkai Hu ◽  
Muhammad Shahzad Afzal ◽  
Gustavo Brandt ◽  
Eric Lau ◽  
Tongwen Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oil Sand ◽  
Management Tools ◽  
Alarm Management ◽  
Extraction Plant ◽  
Industrial Partner ◽  
Sand Extraction

Using the Influencer Model to Improve Alarm Management Practices

2017 ◽  
Vol 51 (s2) ◽  
pp. 66-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen Peters ◽  
Shiela Shields
Keyword(s):  
Management Practices ◽  
Alarm Management
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