Night-time communication at Stanford University Hospital: perceptions, reality and solutions.

Andrew Jordan Sun; Libo Wang; Minjoung Go; Zac Eggers; Raymond Deng; Paul Maggio; Lisa Shieh

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Night-time communication at Stanford University Hospital: perceptions, reality and solutions.

November 15, 2017

Sun AJ, Wang L, Go M, et al. BMJ Qual Saf. 2018;27(2):156-162.

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Interruptions can lead to errors, particularly when providers are sleep deprived. This retrospective cross-sectional study of pages sent to overnight general surgery and internal medicine physicians found that 27.7% were nonurgent. The authors assert that nonurgent paging contributes to alarm fatigue and suggest potential solutions.

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