Facts from the article from Nurse.org on Alarm Fatigue is Way too Real (and Scary) for Nurses (top listing below)

• The Food and Drug Administration reported more than 560 alarm-related deaths in the United States between 2005 and 2008.

• Between January 2009 and June 2012, hospitals in the United States reported 80 deaths and 13 severe injuries.

• One study showed that more than 85 percent of all alarms in a particular unit were false.

• A hospital reported an average of one million alarms going off in a single week.

• A children’s hospital reported 5,300 alarms in a day – 95% of them false.

• A hospital reported at least 350 alarms per patient per day in the intensive care unit.