Publication 191 — Eemua

To maximize the benefits of EEMUA Publication 191, plant operators and maintenance personnel should:

Human factors research shows that an operator needs approximately 10 minutes to diagnose and resolve a single valid alarm. If alarms arrive faster than that, they become noise. eemua publication 191

This is the most labor-intensive step. You must review every single configured alarm. EEMUA 191 recommends the "ASM" (Alarm System Management) spreadsheet approach. To maximize the benefits of EEMUA Publication 191,