Improvement elements covered in the alarm-related standards
| Themes of the improvement elements | Subthemes | IEC 60601-1-8 | IEC 62 366–1 | ANSI/AAMI HEF75:2009/® 2013 |
| Alarm design | Alarm condition list | ✓ | ||
| Alarm configuration | ✓ | |||
| Alarm limits | ✓ | |||
| Alarm presets | ✓ | |||
| Attended-use model | ✓ | |||
| Auditory signals | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Avoiding false alarms | ✓ | |||
| Communicating alarm conditions | ✓ | |||
| Delays | ✓ | |||
| Development | ✓ | |||
| Distributed alarm systems | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Human factors | ✓ | |||
| Initiation and termination of alarm conditions | ✓ | |||
| Instructions for use | ✓ | |||
| Monitoring | ✓ | |||
| Reset | ✓ | |||
| Security | ✓ | |||
| Selecting modalities | ✓ | |||
| Signals | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Testing | ✓ | |||
| Verbal signals | ✓ | |||
| Verification | ✓ | |||
| Visual signals | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Machine learning | Algorithm | ✓ | ||
| Instructions for use | ✓ | |||
| Alarm configuration | ✓ |