The average hospital patient can generate dozens of alarms every day. It’s no surprise that clinicians navigating healthcare environments with hundreds of patients can quickly become accustomed to a ...

Switching the sound of a hospital beep to a more “musical” one can improve patient care — and avoid “alarm fatigue” Getty The beeping alarms used in hospitals have been “widely criticized” for going ...

Hospital workers hear up to 1,000 alarm noises per shift, and that sensory overload is costing hundreds of lives. New research suggests there's a fix that could make a significant difference – while ...

A new study from one of the intensive care unit at Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis indicates having fewer medical device alarms may increase nurse response time to such alarms, according ...

CHICAGO (AP) — Constantly beeping alarms from devices that monitor the vital signs of the critically ill have “desensitized” hospital workers who sometimes ignore the noise, leading to at least two ...

Hospital alarms are currently ranked as the "top medical technology hazard" within the United States. On average, there are about 480,000 patients in hospitals — each generating about 135 clinical ...