The development and substance of a good clinical environment are one of the most crucial factors towards the achievement of patient safety. There are various factors that compromise a high quality and safe clinical environment. Some of these include various distractors that change the formation of the environment putting patients at risks. The advent of technological advancements and information systems is one of the undertakings that have led to a massive decline in the safety standards of a good clinical environment. This is because it has led to various devices including cell phones, the alarms sounding for multiple different reasons, overhead paging, monitors beeping, and staff interrupting our thoughts (Sendelbach & Funk, 2013). As a result, there are various legal and ethical issues that may arise from the distractions because of the poor outcomes that come up as a result of their occurrence. The use of clinical alarms is widespread across healthcare facilities in the world today. These devices are fitted with information systems that assist them to alert the medical experts in case there is a variation from a predetermined normal for them to take appropriate measures to correct the situation for a patient. Monitor watches and telemetry are some of the technological advancements that have been used in the world today.
Patients, just like any other human beings, have a right to life and safety. Therefore, exposing them to the use of such technological devices that put them at risk can attract a legal issue inspired by compromising the patients’ safety. It is also the ethical and moral obligations of healthcare experts to ensure that patients are given maximum safety that can assist them recover from their medical conditions. Therefore, the complete reliance of these devices from the medical experts is likely to compromise the safety of patients and thus putting reducing the level of their safety (Sendelbach & Funk, 2013). Some of these medical conditions that are exposed to the use of the clinical alarms are chronic, and any mistake in giving attention can lead to a severe decline in the condition of the patient or even death. This can subject the health care experts to both ethical and legal concerns. Therefore, a perfect clinical environment should be enhanced through a massive reduction of distractors. According to Sendelbach & Funk (2013), alarm fatigue and distraction compromises patient safety and there is need for proper standardization and testing of these technological devices before they are put into use.