Open AccessAlarms in the ICU: A study investigating how ICU nurses respond to clinical alarms for patient safety in a selected hospital in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa
Author(s) -
Amy. Ramlaul,
Geldine Chironda,
Petra Brysiewicz
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
southern african journal of critical care/the southern african journal of critical care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.129
H-Index - 7
eISSN - 2078-676X
pISSN - 1562-8264
DOI - 10.7196/sajcc.2021.v37i2.469
Subject(s) - alarm , medicine , medical emergency , intensive care , patient safety , documentation , intensive care unit , descriptive statistics , nursing , health care , intensive care medicine , statistics , materials science , mathematics , computer science , economics , composite material , programming language , economic growth
Advances in technology have facilitated the implementation of improved alarm management systems in the healthcare sector. There is a need to identify challenges encountered by intensive care unit (ICU) nurses with clinical alarm management systems in South Africa (SA) to ensure utilisation of these technological resources for patient safety.