Dräger Alarm Management Solution
—Patient alarms play a vital role in protecting patients in intensive care units by allowing timely responses by caregivers. However, the potentially overwhelming number of acoustic alarms poses different challenges that need to be managed systematically to avoid adverse events.
A noisy ICU environment can lead patients and caregivers to develop delirium and stress. Over 30% of patients treated in the ICUs become confused or develop delirium. Standard ICUs recorded noise levels above 45 dBA at all times, over the suggested 35 dBA by the World Health Organisation (WHO)1.
At an ICU bed, up to 350 alarms can occur per day, of which up to 95% are clinically irrelevant2. This sensory overload can lead to alarm fatigue in healthcare providers, resulting in desensitisation to alarms and even missed alarms.
Discover in the infographic why you need an alarm management strategy and how you could benefit.
Our holistic approach to clinical alarm management
—Effective alarm management enables you to systematically reduce noise pollution for patients and staff to an acceptable level. As Your Specialist in Acute Care, we support you with know-how, system offerings and solutions. Learn more about the different elements of a systematic management of clinical alarms so that your patients can recover in peace and your staff can work with focus.
Alarm management solutions
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Sending the right alarm to the right person at the right time
To safely manage critical patient alarms in acute care environments, we collaborate with Ascom for an integrated alarm distribution solution. By sending alerts from our Dräger patient monitors and ventilators directly out via the Distributed Information System (DIS) to a caregiver assigned to the respective patient, we enable a timely intervention for multifaceted clinical scenarios.
Alarm Distribution: Our Solution with Ascom as a Partner
We integrate Dräger medical devices with the Ascom Digistat SmartCentral and Myco handheld devices into a Distributed Information System.
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Standards Compliance
—International Alarm Management Standards
Choose an alarm management solution that complies with the clinical and administrative requirements of your hospital. To better evaluate your options, it is important to be aware of the standards that govern the manufacturing of alarm management technologies.
IEC 60601-1-8:2006/AMD2:2020
Amendment 2 - Medical electrical equipment - Part 1-8: General requirements for basic safety and essential performance - Collateral Standard: General requirements, tests and guidance for alarm systems in medical electrical equipment and medical electrical systems
IEC/TR 80001-2-5:2014
Application of risk management for IT-networks incorporating medical devices — Part 2-5: Application guidance — Guidance for distributed alarm systems
Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) - Devices Domain
IHE-PCD (Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise – Patient Care Device) has built a technical framework of use cases that feature defined special profiles, including specifications for clinical alarms and system interoperability.
Related topics
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Medical Device Interoperability
ISO/IEEE 11073-SDC
Cybersecurity in Healthcare
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References
1Jones, K. (2014). Alarm fatigue a top patient safety hazard. Canadian Medical Association Journal, 186(3), p. 178.
2Darbyshire J.L. & Young J. D. (2013). An investigation of sound levels on intensive care units with reference to the WHO guidelines. Critical Care, 17: R187.