Table 1.

Alarm frequencies

Type of alarm	Type-A	Type-B	Type-C	Total
Saturation
n	1758	1347	78	3183
Daily average per bed	6.4 ± 6.7	4.9 ± 11.0	0.29 ± 1.57	11.7 ± 13.9
Median(IQR)	5 (0–31)	0 (0–83)	0 (0–13)	8 (0–85)
ECG
n	2096	1139	31	3266
Daily average per bed	7.7 ± 8.5	4.17 ± 10.6	0.11 ± 0.84	12.0 ± 13.9
Median(IQR)	6 (0–66)	0 (0–90)	0 (0–11)	8 (0–99)
NIBP
n	172	675	72	921
Daily average per bed	0.6 ± 2.1	2.4 ± 7.4	0.3 ± 1.5	3.4 ± 7.8
Median(IQR)	0 (0–20)	0 (0–55)	0 (0–16)	0 (0–66)
RR
n	670	238	6	914
Daily average per bed	2.5 ± 5.1	0.9 ± 2.7	0.02 ± 0.25	3.35 ± 5.71
Median (IQR)	0 (0–31)	0 (0–17)	0 (0–4)	0 (0–31)
IV pump
n	420	2	2	424
Daily average per bed	1.5 ± 3.2	-	-	3.16 ± 10.0
Median(IQR)	0 (0–19)	0 and 2	0 and 1	0 (0–19)
Enteral pump*
n	197	2	1	200
Daily average per bed	0.94 ± 1.8	-	-	0.95 ± 1.78
Median(IQR)	0 (0–9)	0 and 2	1	0 (0–9)
Ventilator*
n	94	239	36	369
Daily average per bed	0.8 ± 2.3	2.0 ± 5.4	0.3 ± 2.1	3.1 ± 6.7
Median(IQR)	0 (0–12)	0 (0–36)	0 (0–18)	0 (0–36)
IBP*
n	37	58	67	162
Daily average per bed	0.14 ± 1.5	0.21 ± 1.5	0.25 ± 3.0	0.59 ± 4.1
Median(IQR)	0 (0–23)	0 (0–18)	0 (0–48)	0 (0–51)

IBP invasive blood pressure, IQR inter quartile range, IV intravenous, NIBP non-invasive blood pressure, RR respiratory rate. *n = 210 for enteral pump; n = 120 for ventilator usage; n = 44 for IBP