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NCT Number: NCT02916212

Quality Improvement - Monitoring Alarm Optimization Study

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.

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Key information

Conditions

No Applicable Condition; Study of Physiologic Monitor Alarms

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Nursing staff at selected units at Duke University Hospital

Exclusion criteria

  • NA

Treatment and study plan

Optimized alarm profiles

Other

Primary outcomes

  1. Change from baseline of frequency of total alarms by hospital unit at 60 days

    Time frame: At baseline and 60 days following implementation

Secondary outcomes

  1. Change from baseline of number of alarms per bed

    Time frame: At baseline and 60 days following implementation

  2. Change from baseline of number of alarms per day per bed

    Time frame: At baseline and 60 days following implementation

  3. Change from baseline of perceived alarm fatigue, assessed using a questionnaire

    Time frame: At baseline and 60 days following implementation

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Duke University

Other

Registry information

Acronym: QI-MAOS

Important dates

Study start
2015
Primary completion
2016
Study completion
2016
First posted
Sep 27, 2016
Registry last updated
Jan 30, 2019

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