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The self-report questionnaire included general characteristics, clinical alarm issues, nurses\u2019 alarm perception, patient safety culture, and alarm management practice. The mean age of nurses was 28.04 \u00b1 4.06 years, with 5.71 \u00b1 4.35 years of total clinical experience. For the importance of alarm issues, frequent false alarms leading to reduced attention or response was the most important issue. Hierarchical linear regression analysis revealed that a higher level of nurses\u2019 perceived patient safety culture was the strongest predictor of better alarm management practice (p &lt; 0.001), followed by their perception of clinical alarms (p = 0.034). In addition, female nurses (p = 0.004), charge nurses (p = 0.013), and nurses who work less than 40 h per week (p = 0.008) were more likely to work better in alarm management practice. 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