Quality Improvement – Monitoring Alarm Optimization Study
Overview
This project aims to reduce the frequency of duplicate, false and clinically insignificant alarms in hospital units, and subsequent alarm fatigue resulting from excessive alarm frequency. The investigators will implement evidence-based guidelines for alarm optimization according to patient-population specific parameters, and evaluate alarm frequency and staff perception of alarm fatigue at baseline and 60 days after implementation of this quality improvement initiative.
Full Title of Study: “Quality Improvement – Monitoring Alarm Optimization Study”
Study Type
- Study Type: Interventional
- Study Design
- Allocation: Randomized
- Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment
- Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
- Masking: None (Open Label)
- Study Primary Completion Date: November 2016
Interventions
- Other: Optimized alarm profiles
Arms, Groups and Cohorts
- Experimental: Experimental
- Hospital units where alarms have been optimized
- No Intervention: Control
- Hospital units where alarms remain unchanged
Clinical Trial Outcome Measures
Primary Measures
- Change from baseline of frequency of total alarms by hospital unit at 60 days
- Time Frame: At baseline and 60 days following implementation
Secondary Measures
- Change from baseline of number of alarms per bed
- Time Frame: At baseline and 60 days following implementation
- Change from baseline of number of alarms per day per bed
- Time Frame: At baseline and 60 days following implementation
- Change from baseline of perceived alarm fatigue, assessed using a questionnaire
- Time Frame: At baseline and 60 days following implementation
Participating in This Clinical Trial
Inclusion Criteria
- Nursing staff at selected units at Duke University Hospital Exclusion Criteria:
- NA
Gender Eligibility: All
Minimum Age: N/A
Maximum Age: N/A
Are Healthy Volunteers Accepted: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Investigator Details
- Lead Sponsor
- Duke University
- Provider of Information About this Clinical Study
- Sponsor
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