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KMID : 0869120180200040228
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기초간호자연과학회지
2018 Volume.20 No. 4 p.228 ~ p.235
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Evaluation of Clinical Alarms and Alarm Management in Intensive Care Units
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Jeong Yu-Jin
Kim Hyun-Jung
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Abstract
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Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the clinical alarm occurrence and management of nurses toward clinical alarms in the in- tensive care unit (ICU).
Methods: This observational study was conducted with 40 patients and nurses cases in two ICUs of a universi- ty hospital. This study divided 24 hours into the unit of an hour and conducted two times of direct observation per unit hour for 48 hours targeting the medical devices applied to 40 patients. Data were analyzed using IBM SPSS Statistics 23.
Results: On average, 3.8 units of medical devices were applied for each patient and the ranges of alarm settings were wide. During 48 hours, 184 cases of clini- cal alarm were occurred by four types of medical devices including physiological monitors, mechanical ventilators, infusion pumps, and continuous renal replacement therapy. Among them, false alarm was 110 cases (59.8%). As for the alarm management by ICU nurses, two-minute alarm mute took up most at 38.0% (70 cases), and no response was second most at 32.6% (60 cases). When valid alarm sounded, nurses showed no response at 43.2%.
Conclusion: The findings suggest that a standard protocol for alarm manage- ment should be developed for Korean ICU settings. Based on the protocol, continuous training and education should be provided to nurses for appropriate alarm management.
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KEYWORD
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Clinicalalarm, Intensive care unit, Medical device, Observation
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