Definition

Alarm fatigue

Operator distrust caused by too many low-value or false alarms.

What it means

Alarm fatigue happens when operators receive enough noisy alerts that they stop treating the queue as useful. It is a workflow failure as much as a model problem.

Why it matters

More alerts are not automatically better. The goal is fewer, cleaner, more useful events with clear response actions.

Evaluation questions

  • Which alerts are dismissed most often today?
  • What threshold makes an event worth interrupting a person?
  • How is operator acknowledgement measured?