
Alarm Management
Ask an expertWe support you in facing your alarm management challenges
You monitor and deliver therapies to high acuity patients with devices that generate a broad range of medical alarms. Some medical device alarms are actionable, calling for your in-person intervention, while others are simply informational, raising your awareness to conditions that might escalate and later require a bedside response.
Clinical alarms can present significant workflow challenges. Developing effective methods and incorporating proven technologies to manage alarms can generate many benefits.
Recognizing the challenges
In a busy critical care unit with several patients, the volume of audible alarms is typically high. Signals can overlap and compete for the attention of care providers. As the number of medical devices featuring clinical alarms rises, and more patients are connected to them, the alarm management challenge grows more complex.
Clinical alarm management
The Dräger Alarm Management Solution is your one-stop source for:
• Alarm auditing and reporting to gather and share core information
• Workflow consulting expertise to determine requirements
• Alarm management plan development to meet the National Patient Safety Goal (NPSG) 06.01.01
• Plan implementation to change the way people deal with alarms
Top providers working together for you: Ascom and Dräger
Knowing best practice
When undertaking an initiative around clinical alarm management, reach out to those with experience. You will find that these organizations offer research, materials and tools that will get you off to a strong start and guide you to success.
Alarm management webinars
Alarm management resources
Top providers and Dräger working together for you
Partnering with top technology providers enables us to offer a range of scalable options that will fit both your clinical workflow and enterprise IT strategy. Our strong relationships ensure system compatibility with maximum reliability. In tandem with our technology partners, we at Dräger can develop an alarm management solution for your workplace and the way you work.
International standards for alarm management
Choose an alarm management solution that fulfills the clinical, administrative and reporting requirements of your region. Familiarizing yourself with the standards that regulate the producers of alarm management technologies will help you in evaluating the options.