Hospital alarms may be doing more harm than good — study aims to find out

NCT ID NCT06089239

First seen May 30, 2026 · Last updated Jun 11, 2026 · Updated 1 time

Summary

This study looks at whether hospitals can safely reduce the use of fall prevention alarms. About 300 hospital staff and units will try different strategies like education and feedback to see if they can lower alarm use without increasing patient falls. The goal is to improve patient safety and reduce alarm fatigue.

Disclaimer Read more

This is a summary of the original study . Summaries may miss details or leave out important information. Before applying or accepting participation, make sure you have read and understood the full study. Curemydisease.com takes no responsibility whatsoever for anything missed, misunderstood, or acted upon as a result of our summary — we know it does not capture everything.

Get updates

Get notified about this study

Sign up to get updates when this study changes or when new studies for PATIENT SAFETY are added.

Our safety recommendation!

By submitting, you agree to our Terms of use

Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Barberton Hospital

    Uniontown, Ohio, 44685, United States

  • Central DuPage Hospital

    Winfield, Illinois, 60190, United States

  • Covenant Medical Center

    Lubbock, Texas, 79410, United States

  • El Camino Health - Los Gatos

    Mountain View, California, 94040, United States

  • Grant Medical Center

    Columbus, Ohio, 43215, United States

  • Hendricks Regional Health

    Danville, Indiana, 46122, United States

  • Henry Ford Hospital West Bloomfield

    West Bloomfield, Michigan, 48322, United States

  • Hunterdon Medical Center

    Flemington, New Jersey, 08822, United States

  • IU Health North Hospital

    Indianapolis, Indiana, 46256, United States

  • Kaiser Permanente - Sunnyside Medical Center

    Woodburn, Oregon, 97071, United States

  • Kaiser Westside Medical Center

    Hillsboro, Oregon, 97124, United States

  • Kent Hospital

    Warwick, Rhode Island, 02886, United States

  • Lahey Hospital & Medical Center

    Derry, New Hampshire, 03038, United States

  • PIH Health Downey Hospital

    Downey, California, 90241, United States

  • Prisma Health

    Irmo, South Carolina, 29063, United States

  • Raritan Bay Medical Center

    New Brunswick, New Jersey, 08861, United States

  • St Peter's Health Samaritan Hospital

    Albany, New York, 12208, United States

  • St. David's Medical Center

    Austin, Texas, 78703, United States

  • UMass Memorial Health Harrington

    Southbridge, Massachusetts, 01550, United States

  • University of California Davis Medical Center

    Sacramento, California, 95817, United States

Conditions

Explore the condition pages connected to this study.