Turns out, you’re not the only one who gets alarm fatigue when you’re in a hospital. Hospital workers hear up to 1,000 alarms per shift, but only 15 percent of those in a critical care unit are ...

WASHINGTON — Walk into a hospital intensive-care unit and hear the din: A ventilator honks loudly. An infusion pump emits a high-pitched beep-beep every six seconds. A blood-pressure monitor pushes ...

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 ...

SPENCER, W.Va. (WCHS/WVAH) — For people stuck in the hospital right now, new restrictions limiting visitors have made it very difficult and very lonely. Thursday, long-term care patients at Roane ...

Thousands of Canadians die each year from nasty bugs picked up in hospital, at least half of which could likely be prevented by better hand-washing by health providers and other staff. Now Toronto ...