Alarms on various monitors ring, beep, and do just about everything short of firing off a flare to get a nurse's attention. All that noise tends to wear nurses down, and often it masks the truly important warnings.
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Read the complete post at http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2011/02/14/133744634/alarming-findings-about-hospital-noise?ft=1&f=103537970
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Feb 14 2011, 07:08 AM
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