CLINICAL ALARMS

• Clinical Alarms Management and the JCAHO Standards by Kathleen Catalano (HTH, 2005) PDF
• Five Steps to Integrated Alarm Management by Mike McNeal (HTH, 2005) PDF
• Is the Warning Effective? Clinical Alarms Remain an Area for Patient Safety Improvement by Tobey Clark (BIT Sept/Oct 2005) PDF

• Challenges of JCAHO’s New Patient Safety Goals by Robert Stiefel (BIT Sept/Oct 2004) PDF
• Meeting the Clinical Alarm Requirements by Jill S. Williams (BIT Nov/Dec 2003) PDF
• Meeting the Challenge: How Hospitals Complied With the New Clinical Alarms Requirement by Jill S. Williams (BIT Sep/Oct 2003) PDF

Other Clinical Alarm Resources

• ACCE Healthcare Technology Foundation Clinical Alarm Survey
• AHRQ: Best Practices for Medical Technology Management
• ECRI
• JCAHO