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

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Conditions studied: Intensive Care Unit

In brief

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.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06175091

Run by

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint Etienne

People needed

514

Starts

2024-02-08

Expected to finish

2028-02-28

Last updated by the study team

2026-03-10

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• 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

You may not qualify if…

• Pregnant and nursing women
• Persons of legal age under guardianship

Where it is running

• CHU de Saint-Etienne — Saint-Etienne, France (enrolling)

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