Learnability and discriminability of melodic medical equipment alarms*
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Learnability and discriminability of melodic medical equipment alarms.
Melodic alarms proposed in the IEC 60601-1-8 standard for medical electrical equipment were tested for learnability and discriminability. Thirty-three non-anaesthetist participants learned the alarms over two sessions of practice, with or without mnemonics suggested in the standard. Fewer than 30% of participants could identify the alarms with 100% accuracy at the end of practice. Confusions pe...
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عنوان ژورنال: Anaesthesia
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0003-2409,1365-2044
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2005.04502.x