Cardiac Telemetry Downtime and Contingency Plan Development: A Review of Downtime Events Reported in the Veterans Health Administration

Conclusions:

The majority of reported cardiac telemetry downtime events were unplanned and without documented contingency plans. A robust contingency plan with defined staff roles and responsibilities will serve to lessen anxiety during downtimes and mitigate potential risk of patient harm.

Source: Journal of Nursing Care Quality - November 26, 2021 Category: Nursing Tags: Articles Source Type: research