It’s Not About Alarms: Lessons Learned in Improving Patient Safety

With proper configuration, the number of alarms per patient per day can be reduced from well over 100 to 10 or less, says James Welch, EVP for product development at Sotera Wireless. In this audio interview with 24×7 editor John Bethune, Welch recaps his AAMI presentation, “It’s Not About Alarms: Lessons Learned in Improving Patient Safety.”