Need for a new paradigm in the design of alarms for patient monitors and medical devices.

Authors :: Webster CS
Sanderson P
Source :: British journal of anaesthesia [Br J Anaesth] 2021 Nov; Vol. 127 (5), pp. 677-680. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Sep 02.
Publication Year :: 2021
Abstract: Modern computerised medical devices emit large numbers of tone-based alerts and alarms. Notifications that comprise auditory icons or natural human speech substantially increase the psychological salience of alerts and alarms and may allow a larger set of notifications to be used, as they do not require memorisation of arbitrary sounds.<br />Competing Interests: Declarations of interest CSW is a minor shareholder in SAFERsleep LLC, a company that manufactures an anaesthesia record system. PS is a co-inventor of a respiratory sonification patent US7070670 (Sanderson and Watson).<br /> (Copyright © 2021 British Journal of Anaesthesia. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)

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