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Re:Alarm overload is undermining safety at sea as crews face... by chriskanan on Sunday January 25, 2026 @09:02AM (#46754153)
This has been a major problem in hospitals where there are many false alarms and often concurrent alarms for hospital beds: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3928208/
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Re:Alarm overload is undermining safety at sea as crews face... by throwaway173738 on Sunday January 25, 2026 @09:23AM (#46754294)
We talked about alarms and alarm fatigue often when considering whether to show an alarm and at what priority when I was involved in a medical device.
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