Abstract: ICU is a place focusing on intensive treatment for critically ill patients. With the explosive growth of the type and quantity of the medical equipment alarm, the alarm prompt tone has become a potential risk factor of life safety and health among medical staff and patients. Alarm management is an important part of hospital safety management. This paper makes a review about the medical equipment alarm management status and the influencing factors of the alarm management, in order to promote safe and reasonable clinical alarm management and to provide scientific referral for hospital managers.