Alarm Management Software
Alarm Management Software
Dalcon’s Alarm Management software is a major part of the Dalcon Alert solution. Designed to combat “Alarm Fatigue,” Management automatically ranks and organizes the different types of alarms received from all the monitoring systems integrated into Dalcon Alert into one list. Critical alarms are automatically ranked higher and highlighted to stand out, but all active alarms remain listed in the queue until canceled to ensure no alarm is missed.
As the Dalcon Alert Remote Alert Monitor (RAM) receives alarms from patient monitoring devices, it routes alarms to the Alarm Management software at the same time it sends notifications to wireless phones/pagers held by caregivers.
When an alarm is captured, the Alarm Management software automatically adds it to the active notification queue. Staff can access this queue at any time to see which notifications, if any, are active. This queue relays the notification type, room number, time of alert initiation, and length of duration of all active alerts.
Dalcon provides a large monitor dedicated to displaying Alarm Management in the central nursing station. This display creates accountability and offers opportunities for teamwork among caregivers and their leaders.
To remove a notification from the Alarm Management queue, staff must address the issue raised by the alarm in the patient room and confirm their action using the RAM unit. This confirmation of care delivery in the patient's room lessens the chance of alarms being mistakenly overlooked by staff.