Clinical engineering's role in managing clinical alarm risk.
This manuscript highlights the role that clinical engineering can play to minimize the risk of problems associated with clinical alarms. AAMI held a town meeting on clinical alarm management and integration during its 2005 Annual Conference & Expo. The meeting highlighted some excellent suggestions on how the whole concept of improving clinical alarm design and implementation must be addressed in a systematic way. Examples of how the clinical engineering profession can contribute to this effort include participation in more AAMI town hall meetings and other conferences, providing design suggestions to medical device manufacturers, and participation in the development of alarm-related standards.
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D001698:Biomedical Engineering / Q000458:organization & administration*; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D004869:Equipment Safety; D017751:Safety Management / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States