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 ...

Today’s hospitals and specialized care facilities integrate a slew of building technologies to ensure all systems function as intended to provide state-of-the-art care for patients. Many of these ...

In 1999, the Engineering Equipment and Materials Users’ Association (EEMUA) released its general guide to the design, management, and procurement of alarm systems for industrial plants. The guidance ...

ARLINGTON, Mass.—American Alarm and Communications, a full-service security company based here, this week announced the acquisition of Security Design Consultants, based in Westwood, Mass. The ...

In 2009, the original version of ANSI/ISA-18.2, Management of Alarm Systems for the Process Industries, was published. It was further developed with ISA18 leadership into the IEC 62682:2014 ...

Walter Kidde is recalling nearly half a million dual sensor smoke alarms that can fail to detect fires. The recall affects Kidde dual-sensor (photoelectric and ionization) smoke alarms. “KIDDE” is ...

Alarm clocks have the unenviable job of making us do something we typically don't want to do -- hauling our asses out of bed every morning. But that fraught relationship leads to an interesting ...

My mornings have been a little rough since switching to iOS 26. I'd often sleep past my alarm, wondering why the "snooze" I usually rely on didn't go off on my iPhone. It seems I'm not alone in my ...