Impact of an Alarm Management Protocol on Noise Pollution and Patient Safety in Intensive Care Units

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorCentre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint Etienne

About this trial

Resuscitation patients are monitored for various physiological parameters. When these parameters exceed abnormal thresholds, an audible alarm is triggered. Given the complexity of physiological situations and the number of monitored parameters, the number of alarms within an intensive care unit is significant. In the literature, the number ranges from 100 to 350 alarms per patient per day. Among these alarms, 74 to 99% are deemed irrelevant as they provide false or insignificant information. This study will enable to assess the efficacy of a restrictive protocol for managing alarms as a means of rationalizing their use.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Patient aged ≥ 18 years

Patient admitted to the intensive care unit of the ST-ETIENNE University Hospital

Patient affiliated or entitled to a social security system

Patient having received informed information about the study and having co-signed, with the investigator, a consent to participate in the study or, for patients who are unable to consent due to health condition, a trusted person/family member who has been informed about the study and has who has co-signed, with the investigator, a consent to participate

Disqualifiers

Pregnant and nursing women

Persons of legal age under guardianship

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • alarm management left to the discretion of the nurse
  • restrictive alarm use strategy

Treatment groups

514 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups

Sponsors and collaborators