Quality Improvement - Monitoring Alarm Optimization Study (QI-MAOS)

Duke University

Status: Completed

Conditions: No Applicable Condition; Study of Physiologic Monitor Alarms

Treatments: Other: Optimized alarm profiles

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02916212

Pro00073369

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Sex: All

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Nursing staff at selected units at Duke University Hospital

Exclusion criteria

• NA

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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0 participants in 2 patient groups

Experimental

Experimental group

Description:

Hospital units where alarms have been optimized

Treatment:

Other: Optimized alarm profiles

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

Hospital units where alarms remain unchanged