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Failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) is a prospective risk assessment process that can be applied to high-risk perioperative processes to systematically evaluate and improve patient safety.
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May inform perioperative safety planning; leaves open prospective validation of outcomes.
FMEA is a prospective risk analysis tool from other industries that can be effectively applied to healthcare to systematically evaluate and improve patient safety in high-risk processes.
Patrice Spath (2003) conducted a review in Patient safety. Failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) was evaluated. Failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) is a prospective risk assessment process that can be applied to high-risk perioperative processes to systematically evaluate and improve patient safety.
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