. 2023 Apr 26;10(8):5531–5540. doi: 10.1002/nop2.1792

TABLE 3.

ICU nurses' perceptions and practices regarding clinical alarms (n = 1191).

Items	No. (%)
1. Nuisance alarms occur frequently	491 (41.23) ^a
2. Nuisance alarms disturb the nurses' care of patients	744 (62.47) ^a
3. Nuisance alarms reduce the nurses' trust in the alarms, causing them to turn off the alarms instead of setting them as required	584 (49.03) ^a
4. For the existing equipment, the reasonable setting of alarm parameters and alarms is too complex	468 (39.29) ^a
5. New equipment (such as those purchased within the last 3 years) has solved most of the problems encountered in clinical alarms	610 (51.22) ^a
6. The alarm system used in the ward is sufficient to alert the nurses to potential or actual changes in the patients' conditions	851 (71.45) ^a
7. It often happens that the alarms cannot be heard and are missed.	297 (24.94) ^a
8. The nurses are sensitive to alarms and respond quickly	968 (81.28) ^a
9. It is difficult to identify which one is in alarm when several pieces of equipment are used to monitor a patient	447 (37.53) ^a
10. Environmental noise interferes with nurses' recognition of the alarms	585 (49.12) ^a
11. Does your ward use alarm notification systems, such as pagers, cell phones or other wireless device to communicate alarm conditions?	634 (53.23) ^b
12. Alarm notification systems are useful for improving the management and response of nurses to alarms	858 (72.04) ^a
13. Does your ward set up a special person (alarm administrator) in the central viewing area to manage the alarms and to observe, record or communicate the alarm messages to clinical nurses in time?	387 (32.49) ^b
14. It is meaningful to set up a special person (alarm administrator) to manage the alarms	708 (59.45) ^a
15. Does your ward use smart alarm systems (such as multiparameter monitoring, parameter changes and parameter signals that can be automatically evaluated)?	574 (48.19) ^b
16. The use of smart alarm systems can effectively reduce the false alarms	807 (67.76) ^a
17. The use of smart alarm systems can effectively improve nurses' response to important patient alarms	888 (74.56) ^a
18. Have you received education on the purpose and proper operation of alarm systems of equipment?	770 (64.65) ^b
19. Does your ward require to document the appropriate setting of alarm parameters for each patient in the nursing record sheets?	531 (44.58) ^b
20. Clinical policies and procedures regarding alarm management have been implemented effectively in your ward	710 (59.61) ^a
21. Has your hospital developed clinical alarms management improvement projects over the past 2 years (e.g., policies and procedures, education, special projects, new technology)?	555 (46.60) ^b
22. Has your ward developed new technological solutions to improve the security of clinical alarm management?	606 (50.88) ^b
23. Have any alarm‐related patient adverse events happened at your ward in the past 2 years?	290 (24.35) ^b
24. Since the Chinese Hospital Association implemented the alarm management projects in the 2019 Patient Safety Goals, the incidence of alarm‐related adverse events has decreased in your hospital	624 (52.39) ^a

^{^a}

Frequencies and percentages people who agree and strongly agree with the items.

^{^b}

Frequencies and percentages who choose yes for the items.