Impact of Alarm Fatigue on the Work of Nurses in an Intensive Care Environment

Clinical reminder alert fatigue in healthcare: a systematic literature review protocol using qualitative evidence

Katarzyna Lewandowska et al. 2020. (View Paper → )

In conditions of intensive therapy, where the patients treated are in a critical condition, alarms are omnipresent. Nurses, as they spend most of their time with patients, monitoring their condition 24 h, are particularly exposed to so-called alarm fatigue.

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