Patient monitoring alarms in the ICU and in the operating room.

Felix Schmid; Matthias S. Goepfert; Daniel A. Reuter

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Patient monitoring alarms in the ICU and in the operating room.

April 17, 2013

Schmid F, Goepfert MS, Reuter DA. Crit Care. 2013;17(2):216.

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Discussing safety issues associated with alarm monitoring in perioperative settings, this review reveals statistical and technical solutions to improve the reliability of alarm response.

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