Stop the Noise: A Quality Improvement Project to Decrease Electrocardio - graphic Nuisance Alarms

Stop the Noise: A Quality Improvement Project to Decrease Electrocardio - graphic Nuisance Alarms is organized by American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) and will be held from Aug 01, 2015 - Aug 01, 2019. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 1.00 Contact Hours.

Activity Summary:
As many as 99% of alarm signals may not need any intervention and can result in patients’ deaths. Alarm management is now a Joint Commission National Patient Safety Goal.

Objectives:
• List interventions used to decrease the number of electrocardiographic alarm signals in the cardiovascular care unit
• Identify the 2 phases of The Joint Commission’s National Patient Safety Goal
• Discuss interventions identified in the literature that have been shown to reduce nuisance electrocardiographic alarm signals

Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.