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Monitor alarm fatigue: standardizing use of physiological monitors and decreasing nuisance alarms by Graham, Kelly Creighton, Cvach, Maria

“…Reliance on physiological monitors to continuously "watch" patients and to alert the nurse when a serious rhythm problem occurs is standard practice on…”
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Technological Distractions (Part 2): A Summary of Approaches to Manage Clinical Alarms With Intent to Reduce Alarm Fatigue by Winters, Bradford D., Cvach, Maria M., Bonafide, Christopher P., Hu, Xiao, Konkani, Avinash, O’Connor, Michael F., Rothschild, Jeffrey M., Selby, Nicholas M., Pelter, Michele M., McLean, Barbara, Kane-Gill, Sandra L.

“…Alarm fatigue is a widely recognized safety and quality problem where exposure to high rates of clinical alarms results in desensitization leading to dismissal…”
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Technologic Distractions (Part 1): Summary of Approaches to Manage Alert Quantity With Intent to Reduce Alert Fatigue and Suggestions for Alert Fatigue Metrics by Kane-Gill, Sandra L., O’Connor, Michael F., Rothschild, Jeffrey M., Selby, Nicholas M., McLean, Barbara, Bonafide, Christopher P., Cvach, Maria M., Hu, Xiao, Konkani, Avinash, Pelter, Michele M., Winters, Bradford D.

“…OBJECTIVE:To provide ICU clinicians with evidence-based guidance on tested interventions that reduce or prevent alert fatigue within clinical decision support…”
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Ventilator Alarms in Intensive Care Units: Frequency, Duration, Priority, and Relationship to Ventilator Parameters by Cvach, Maria M, Stokes, Jacqueline E, Manzoor, Sajid H, Brooks, Patrick O, Burger, Timothy S, Gottschalk, Allan, Pustavoitau, Aliaksei

“…Ventilator alarms have long been presumed to contribute substantially to the overall alarm burden in the intensive care unit. In a prospective observational…”
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Daily electrode change and effect on cardiac monitor alarms: an evidence-based practice approach by Cvach, Maria M, Biggs, Madalyn, Rothwell, Kathleen J, Charles-Hudson, Charmaine

“…Frequent monitor alarms are distracting and interfere with clinicians performing critical tasks. This article describes a quality improvement rapid-cycle…”
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Use of pagers with an alarm escalation system to reduce cardiac monitor alarm signals by Cvach, Maria M, Frank, Robert J, Doyle, Pete, Stevens, Zeina Khouri

“…Alarm fatigue desensitizes nurses to alarm signals and presents potential for patient harm. This project describes an innovative method of communicating…”
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Clinician Perspectives on Continuous Monitor Use in a Children's Hospital: A Qualitative Study by Schondelmeyer, Amanda C, Sauers-Ford, Hadley, Touzinsky, Sara M, Brady, Patrick W, Britto, Maria T, Molloy, Matthew J, Simmons, Jeffrey M, Cvach, Maria M, Shah, Samir S, Vaughn, Lisa M, Won, James, Walsh, Kathleen E

“…Variation in continuous cardiopulmonary monitor (cCPM) use across children's hospitals suggests preference-based use. We sought to understand how clinical…”
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Monitor alarm fatigue: an integrative review by Cvach, Maria

“…Alarm fatigue is a national problem and the number one medical device technology hazard in 2012. The problem of alarm desensitization is multifaceted and…”
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Association between ambulatory status and call bell use in hospitalized patients—A retrospective cohort study by Capo‐Lugo, Carmen E., Shumock, Kara, Young, Daniel L., Klein, Lisa, Cassell, Andre, Cvach, Maria, Lavezza, Annette, Friedman, Michael, Bhatia, Elys, Brotman, Daniel J., Hoyer, Erik H.

“…Aim Characterize the relationship between patient ambulatory status and in‐hospital call bell use. Background Although call bells are frequently used by…”
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Ventilator Alarms: Challenges and Opportunities for Improvement by Stokes, Jacqueline E, Manzoor, Sajid H, Cvach, Maria M

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Managing clinical alarms: Using data to drive change by Cvach, Maria M, Currie, Andrew, Sapirstein, Adam, Doyle, Peter A, Pronovost, Peter

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An evidence-based approach to fall risk assessment, prevention, and management: lessons learned by Poe, Stephanie S, Cvach, Maria M, Gartrelu, Denise G, Radzik, Batya R, Joy, Tameria L

“…Nurses at an academic medical institution undertook a fall safety initiative. Using an evidence-based approach, they created a risk stratification tool,…”
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Update to Practice Standards for Electrocardiographic Monitoring in Hospital Settings: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association by Sandau, Kristin E, Funk, Marjorie, Auerbach, Andrew, Barsness, Gregory W, Blum, Kay, Cvach, Maria, Lampert, Rachel, May, Jeanine L, McDaniel, George M, Perez, Marco V, Sendelbach, Sue, Sommargren, Claire E, Wang, Paul J

“…This scientific statement provides an interprofessional, comprehensive review of evidence and recommendations for indications, duration, and implementation of…”
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Using Continuous Vital Sign Monitoring to Detect Early Deterioration in Adult Postoperative Inpatients by Verrillo, Sue Carol, Cvach, Maria, Hudson, Krysia Warren, Winters, Bradford D

“…Episodic vital sign collection (eVSC), as single data points, gives an incomplete picture of adult patients' postoperative physiologic status. Late detection…”
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Data-Driven Implementation of Alarm Reduction Interventions in a Cardiovascular Surgical ICU by Allan, Sharon H., Doyle, Peter A., Sapirstein, Adam, Cvach, Maria

“…Alarm fatigue in the ICU setting has been well documented in the literature. The ICU's high-intensity environment requires staff's vigilant attention, and…”
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Decreasing Pediatric PACU Noise Level and Alarm Fatigue: A Quality Improvement Initiative to Improve Safety and Satisfaction by Cvach, Maria, Doyle, Peter, Wong, Sereniti Young, Letnaunchyn, Kimberly, Dell, Deborah, Mamaril, Myrna

“…To describe how a pediatric postanesthesia care unit used a two-phased approach of bundled interventions to reduce unit noise levels and improve staff…”
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Technological Intervention to Improve Alarm Management in Acute Care Telemetry Units by Lehet, Cora R, Lopez, Julie A, Frank, Robert J, Cvach, Maria

“…Telemetry monitoring is intended to improve patient safety and reduce harm. However, excessive monitor alarms may have the undesired effect of staff ignoring,…”
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The Johns Hopkins Fall Risk Assessment Tool: A Study of Reliability and Validity by Poe, Stephanie S, Dawson, Patricia B, Cvach, Maria, Burnett, Margaret, Kumble, Sowmya, Lewis, Maureen, Thompson, Carol B, Hill, Elizabeth E

“…Patient falls and fall-related injury remain a safety concern. The Johns Hopkins Fall Risk Assessment Tool (JHFRAT) was developed to facilitate early detection…”
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Ten questions with …. Maria Cvach by Cvach, Maria

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Managing hospital alarms by Cvach, Maria M.

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