ICU警报管理评价指标集的研究进展

doi:10.3761/j.issn.2096-7446.2026.02.020

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Alarm management in intensive care units has emerged as a critical component of patient safety initiatives globally. The selection of appropriate outcome measures is important when designing alarm management interventions to accurately assess their clinical efficacy. This review examines and categorizes evaluation indicators employed in ICU alarm management programs internationally，synthesizing commonly utilized indicator sets and assessment methodologies. A comprehensive alarm management evaluation indicator set should incorporate both objective and subjective parameters across three key domains：structural （alarm system infrastructure），process （alarm frequency，type，time patterns，and balancing metrics），and outcome measures （healthcare provider experience，behavioral responses，and adverse event rates），in order to standardize clinical alert management. However，the effectiveness of these evaluation indicators requires further verification and improvement.

Key words: Intensive Care Units, Clinical Alarms, Alarm Management, Quality Indicators, Health Care, Review Literature as Topic

WANG Jiayi, GUO Zhiting, ZHANG Yuping, WANG Haizhen, HUANG Xiaoxia, JIN Jingfen. Research progress on evaluation indicator set of ICU alarm management[J]. Chinese Journal of Emergency and Critical Care Nursing, 2026, 7(2): 243-247.

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