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Silent ICU
Today, excessive or false alarms may lead to alarm fatigue among staff. This increases the risk of not responding properly to vital alarms. A smart, secure alarm forwarding and prioritization can create a quieter, healthier intensive care environment and may reduce alarm fatigue.
More time for patient care.
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clinical alarms were counted per hour and patient on average.1
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of alarms do not require any clinical action, 2-6
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is the noise level within the ICU with peak levels reaching 70 - 85 dB(A).7,8
The Silent ICU signifies a new way of thinking in medical technology. Connectivity and digitalization call for companies that collaborate in an open, value-based and responsible way. Listen to Anna Maria Braun and hear, why B. Braun is committed to driving this paradigm shift towards intercompany networking.
How interoperability of medical devices in the ICU ecosystem supports efficiency and focus.
Medical device interoperability is one of the most relevant technology trends in the development of medical devices. Together with other vendors we compromise the alarm from monitor, ventilator and infusion pumps at bedsite and forward them directly to the staff.
In order to reduce the alarms at bedplace, the alarms generated at the bedplace are transferred to external distributed alarm systems, where the dashboard can be located either at nurse station or on mobile devices. Silent mode is activated on the source devices to create more tranquillity in the ICU. The system is based on the open industry standard ISO/IEEE 11073 SDC for manufacturer-independent networking of medical devices.
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