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Alarm fatigue: The Joint Commission's stance on prevention

Spend a few moments in any hospital and it is likely you'll encounter them-the endless beeps, sirens, alarms, and call tones that staff face every shift. We as a healthcare ­community have come to recognize that alarm fatigue is a real danger-everyone knows a story, either in passing or from firsthand experience, of the wrong alarm being silenced or simply missed among the many alerts assaulting our ears.

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