Clinical alarms: improving efficiency and effectiveness.

Joanne Phillips; Jane H. Barnsteiner

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Clinical alarms: improving efficiency and effectiveness.

November 9, 2005

Phillips J, Barnsteiner JH. Crit Care Nurs Q. 2005;28(4):317-323.

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The authors outline a process for nurses to assess and respond to alarms in critical care environments and discuss how to improve education in this area.

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