Alarm Management
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Alarm management

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A comprehensive approach to solving your alarm management challenges

Excessive alarms can contribute to medical errors, staff burnout and lost productivity – as well as a disruptive experience for patients. As multiple alarms compete to capture attention, nurses may miss the alarms that are actually urgent, putting their patient at risk. Quality care, patient and staff satisfaction all depend on making improvements to ensure that alarms are heard and responded to – without overwhelming patients and clinicians.

Managing alarms

Solutions in alarm management

Solving your complex alarm challenges

Demonstrated results in alarm management1

  1. 63%

    Of nurses agree they spend less time responding to non-actionable alarms

    63%

    Of nurses agree they spend less time responding to non-actionable alarms

    Survey results after using Alarm Advisor software. Agreement on the 5-point Likert scale pre-vs post-implementation was 63.3% vs. 41.9%; P=0.026

  2. 15.9%

    Reduction of arterial pressure alarms

    15.9%

    Reduction of arterial pressure alarms

    Using Alarm Advisor may help reduce the number of arterial pressure alarms in a medical ICU

  3. 13.3%

    Less duration of respiratory rate alarms

    13.3%

    Less duration of respiratory rate alarms

    Using Alarm Advisor may help reduce the duration of respiratory rate alarms in a medical ICU

Soothing soundscapes require strategic alarm management

With a global footprint and presence in thousands of hospitals worldwide, Philips has developed expertise and a comprehensive suite of clinically meaningful solutions in alarm management. We can help you create quieter healing environments using innovative patient monitoring technologies, and data-driven clinical consulting services designed to holistically improve your alarm management process.

Creating a quiet healing environment

  • Custom alarm parameters help reduce alarms
  • Find the causes of non-actionable monitoring alarms
  • Minimize disruption in care areas by acknowledging alarms outside of patient rooms
  • Transform the sound of care by selecting tranquil alerts
  • Work with experts to create a comprehensive alarm management strategy

Get support at any stage to meet your objectives

  • Multiple capabilities to make alarms more appropriate and more actionable across your hospital
  • Clinical consultants who leverage vast industry insight to help you create and implement a comprehensive alarm management strategy 

Enabling technologies

  • Philips Sounds technology

    Philips Sounds technology

    Philips IntelliVue monitors are reimagining alarm sounds, creating a more pleasant experience for patients, their families, and hospital staff.

Footnotes
  1. Ruppel, H., De Vaux, L., Cooper, D., et al. Testing physiologic monitor alarm customization software to reduce alarm rates and improve nurses’ experience of alarms in a medical intensive care unit. PloS one. 2018;13(10): e0205901.
  2. *Bi-directional control to initiate measurements and take action for Philips devices only *When configured to work with Philips PIC iX 4 Event Notification and Philips monitors, Care Assist becomes part of an alarming system that meets current IEC 60601-1-8 alarm safety standards
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