Clinical Alarm Management Best Practices
Tools and information that are helpful in developing processes to support clinical alarm management. Organizations that implement similar processes are displaying characteristics of highly reliable organizations in the area of clinical alarm management.
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2011 Clinical Alarm Summit
This report was developed from a meeting of multidiscipline healthcare professionals who convened to discuss the issue of clinical alarm safety. The report presents the challenges, priorities and actions to be taken surrounding the concern for clinical alarm safety.
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SpO2 Alarm Management Toolkit
This resource helps coordinate an alarm performance improvement project related to pulse oximetry alarms in your organization. This toolkit walks you through the alarm management project from beginning to the final stage of implementation and gives recommendations for sustainability.
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Statement On Principles For Alarm Management For Anesthesia Professionals
This document sets forth policy and principles for alarm safety for anesthesia professions in the environments in which they care for patients. This information is useful when evaluating best practices in place related to the anesthesia professionals' management of equipment and alarms.
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AST Guidelines for Best Practices in Alarm Management in the Operating Room
Provides guidelines for the management of alarms in the operating arena.