Table 1.

Characteristics of the 2445 alarms for clinical conditions.

	PICU				Ward
Alarm type	n	% of total	% valid	% actionable	n	% of total	% valid	% actionable
Oxygen saturation	197	19.4	82.7	38.6	590	41.2	24.4	1.9
Heart rate	194	19.1	95.4	1.0	266	18.6	87.2	0.0
Respiratory rate	229	22.6	80.8	13.5	316	22.1	48.1	1.0
Blood pressure	259	25.5	83.8	5.8	11	0.8	72.7	0.0
Critical arrhythmia	1	0.1	0.0	0.0	4	0.3	0.0	0.0
Non-critical arrhythmia	71	7.0	2.8	0.0	244	17.1	8.6	0.0
Central venous pressure	49	4.8	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	N/A	N/A
Exhaled carbon dioxide	14	1.4	92.9	50.0	0	0.0	N/A	N/A
Total	1014	100.0	75.6	12.9	1431	100.0	38.9	1.0

Abbreviation: PICU, pediatric intensive care unit.