 "Alarm fatigue" refers to the response - or lack of it - of nurses to more than a dozen types of alarmsthat can sound hundreds of times a day - and many of those calls are false alarms . Staff cannot  ignore such calls, as doing so violates the law in most places.
<clarity>  "Alarm fatigue" refers to the response - or lack of it - of nurses to more than a dozen types of alarmsthat can sound hundreds of times a day - and many of those calls are false alarms . Staff cannot  ignore such calls, as doing so violates the law in most places.
 "Alarm fatigue" occurs when staff are exposed to many frequent alarms, some of which may be false alarms, and consequently become desensitized to them. Alarm fatigue is particularly prevalent in nurses who must answer many patient calls per day . Staff cannot ignore such calls, as doing so violates the law in most places.