The Constant Beeps in Hospitals Drive Everyone Crazy. There’s a Better Way.

The alarms keep patients from getting sleep and overwhelm nurses. Now, researchers are making alarms smarter and less ...
People

Changing the Sound of Hospital Alarms Could Improve Patient Care, Study Says

Switching the sound of a hospital beep to a more “musical” one can improve patient care — and avoid “alarm fatigue” Getty The beeping alarms used in hospitals have been “widely criticized” for going ...
Washington Post

Beeping Package Sends Hospital Into 2-Hour, Bomb-Alert Frenzy

UPS delivered a seemingly harmless, shoebox-size package about 10:30 a.m. yesterday to the rehabilitation department at Washington Adventist Hospital in Takoma Park. But a hospital employee carrying ...
Arizona Daily Star

Beeping hospital equipment leading to some deaths, group says

CHICAGO — Constantly beeping alarms from devices that monitor the vital signs of the critically ill have "desensitized" hospital workers who sometimes ignore the noise, leading to at least two dozen ...