Background and Purpose: This scientific statement provides an interprofessional,
comprehensive review of evidence and recommendations for indications, duration, and …

Alarm fatigue is a national problem and the number one medical device technology hazard
in 2012. The problem of alarm desensitization is multifaceted and related to a high false …

Research has demonstrated that 72% to 99% of clinical alarms are false. The high number
of false alarms has led to alarm fatigue. Alarm fatigue is sensory overload when clinicians …

Forming connections between human performance and design, this new edition of
Engineering Psychology and Human Performance examines human–machine interaction …

Article-at-a-Glance Background The growing number of monitoring devices, combined with
suboptimal patient monitoring and alarm management strategies, has increased “alarm …

A complete resource, this handbook presents current knowledge on concepts and methods
of human factors and ergonomics, and their applications to help improve quality, safety …

The objective of this review is to describe the implementation of human factors principles for
the design of alerts in clinical information systems. First, we conduct a review of alarm …

Objective: The aim of this study was to test whether inattentional deafness to critical alarms
would be observed in a simulated cockpit. Background: The inability of pilots to detect …

Why would highly skilled, well-trained pilots make errors that lead to accidents when they
had safely completed many thousands of previous flights? The majority of all aviation …

As computers and other information technology move into cars and trucks, distraction-
related crashes are likely to become an important problem. This paper begins to address …