Failure Mode and Effects Analysis Can Help Guide Error-Prevention Efforts

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Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 8-

  Grissinger, Matthew ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR SAFE MEDICATION PRACTICES   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ANALYTIC METHOD; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FAILURE MODE AND EFFECTS ANALYSIS; MARKETING; PREVENTION; PROCESS DESIGN; PROCESS MONITORING; SHORT SURVEY; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0345133368     PISSN: 10521372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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2. Williams E, Talley R. The use of failure mode effect and criticality analysis in a medication error subcommittee. Hosp Pharm 1994;29:331-337.
3. Senders JW, Senders SJ. Failure mode and effects analysis in medicine. In Cohen MR (ed). Medication Errors: Causes, Prevention and Risk Management. Washington, DC: American Pharmacy Association; 1999.
4. JCAHO: Sentinel Event Alert No. 16. February 2001. Available at: www.jcaho.org/edu_pub/sealert/seal16.html.