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# FDA Qualifies Lethal Arrhythmia Database
- URL: https://www.fdaweb.com/fda-qualifies-lethal-arrhythmia-database/
- Published: 2024-04-03T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-14T14:27:17.000Z
- Author: David McFarland
- Tags: Devices, #legacy-id-D5156700

FDA says it has qualified a new tool for the evaluation of lethal arrhythmia alarm detection algorithms used in hospital-based patient monitoring systems. An online [announcement](https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USFDA/bulletins/3940046?ref=fdaweb.com) says that under the Medical Device Development Tools program, the University of California San Francisco Lethal Arrhythmia Database Medical Device Development Tool was qualified to:

- provide a comprehensive set of data to evaluate algorithms used in hospital monitoring systems;
- test and report the performance of computerized methods to detect lethal cardiac arrhythmias in patient monitoring systems; and
- assess algorithms for detecting three lethal cardiac arrhythmias in adult hospital patients across three ICU settings.