Chinmay Singh

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1. Alarms Fatigue: How are you planning to meet this NPSG?

   Chinmay Singh replied to Chinmay Singh's topic in General Nursing

   Did you find yesterday's webinat useful? I believe it would be CNO or Dir of Patient Safety at most hospitals to lead this effort. Funny thing was list of sponsors who have some kind of Wireless alarms system. Well many of devices that alarm, includi...

2. Alarms Fatigue: How are you planning to meet this NPSG?

   Chinmay Singh replied to Chinmay Singh's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks all for great feedback. Appreciate it. I am thinking of developing an application that would enable hospitals to manage and improve alarm policies. If I want to pilot such a product, which hospital should I appraoch?

3. Alarms Fatigue: How are you planning to meet this NPSG?

   Chinmay Singh replied to Chinmay Singh's topic in General Nursing

   I was looking for a few things: - If hospitas are doing anything on this. - How big a priority this is. - Are they using and products/services to meet the goal - Who is leading the charge (CNO, Biomed, CMO)

4. Alarms Fatigue: How are you planning to meet this NPSG?

   Chinmay Singh replied to Chinmay Singh's topic in General Nursing

   Its interesting that we have 3 pages of discussion on this topic. Evidence that it is a vexing problem for nurses. However, I did not see any one saying that their hospital was working on it. I think hospitals are working on it but they have not cons...

5. Alarms Fatigue: How are you planning to meet this NPSG?

   Chinmay Singh replied to Chinmay Singh's topic in General Nursing

   So in your opinion, what % of alarms should be turned off? I guess as hospitals try to implement this NPSG, they will be turning off some permanenetly, turning off some or lowering volume certain hours (such as night?)

6. Alarms Fatigue: How are you planning to meet this NPSG?

   Chinmay Singh replied to Chinmay Singh's topic in General Nursing

   Thats what I have heard MuroRN. So given it is not a standard but a goal, why would a hospital even do more than show the effort?

7. Alarms Fatigue: How are you planning to meet this NPSG?

   Chinmay Singh replied to Chinmay Singh's topic in General Nursing

   Sarakjp- That might be a good solution for you. But on a hospital level with multiple devices (IV, Enteral, Vital....) not to mention dying battery on a WoW, do you think some policy is needed? Maybe what you are doing is a "best practice" and others...

8. Alarms Fatigue: How are you planning to meet this NPSG?

   Chinmay Singh replied to Chinmay Singh's topic in General Nursing

   PedsRN- Who is sponsor of this project in your hospital? Nursing or Biomed?

9. Alarms Fatigue: How are you planning to meet this NPSG?

   Chinmay Singh replied to Chinmay Singh's topic in General Nursing

   Why would bed alarms be treated any differently? Trying to understand. All of these alarms from IV Pump, to Low Battery on WoW to Fall risk devices contribute to alarm fatigue in my view.

10. Alarms Fatigue: How are you planning to meet this NPSG?

    Chinmay Singh replied to Chinmay Singh's topic in General Nursing

    Here is the link: Alarm Management

11. Alarms Fatigue: How are you planning to meet this NPSG?

    Chinmay Singh posted a topic in General Nursing

    TJC made alarms management a national patient safety goal. Also AACN came out with some suggestions to reduce alarms. fatigue. National Patient Safety Goal on Alarm Management How is your hospital planning to meet this NPSG? Who is leading the effort...