"Alarm Fatigue", the decreasing perception of alarms due to their enormous number, is one of the biggest threats in the hospital for patient safety. Research has shown that on average, up to 350 alarms a day can occur at an intensive care bed. Of these alarms, up to 95% are clinically irrelevant and the remaining clinical alarms are only noticed properly by a rate of 50%.¹ Missing alarms of medical devices is listed in the Top 10 Health Technology Hazards of 2019.² 

The stress for patients and caregivers is negatively affecting therapy outcomes, important clinical work-flows are unnecessarily interrupted, and an alarm desensitization of the nursing staff can be observed. 

Data can create transparency by providing an analysis of all the alarms that have occurred in a hospital. On this basis, systematic process flows, alarm settings and personnel planning can be optimized to increase the alarm management efficiency and ultimately reduce the stress for clinical staff and patients.

The Alarm History Analytics dashboard provides insights on alarms that have occurred in a critical care environment from supported Infinity patient monitors. Analyze alarms in the unit to optimize systematic process flows and staff planning. Increase alarm management efficiency and aim to enable reduction of alarms.

• Optimization of the departmental staff allocation for managing alarms
• Review the impact of measures on reduction of alarm fatigue
• Ensuring SOP compliance with regards to the alarm reaction times

Anesthetic gases are required to support improving surgery outcomes in the operating room. However, the quantity of these gases that is being used should be kept at a low level. Low- and minimal-flow techniques offer an effective yet easy way to humidify respiratory gas and reduce the amount of anesthetic gases used.^3,4,5,6 Due to the limited inflow of cold and dry gas, low-flow applications are suitable for maintaining the optimal breathing gas temperature.³ Protective ventilation strategies like low- and minimal-flow techniques allow the reduction in incidence of post-operative pulmonary complications (PPC).^7,8 In addition, anesthetic gases have a considerable impact on the costs of an intervention. Simultaneously, a negative impact on the environment can be observed. Halogenated chlorofluorocarbons and fluorinated hydrocarbons are harmful to the earth’s ozone layer and may contribute to global warming.⁹

The Gas Consumption Analytics dashboard allows you to derive clinical and economical insights from the agent consumption of supported Dräger anesthesia devices. Create transparency on consumption uptake, efficiency, cost and applied fresh gas flows as a foundation to reduce costs while simultaneously improving patient outcomes. This provides a foundation to implement patient protecting low- and minimal-flow practices.