FMEA in preventing medical accidents

ASQ Annual Quality Congress Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 657-664

  Reliey, Thomas T ^a  

^a American Society for Quality   (India)

Author keywords

Accidents; Errors; FMEA

Indexed keywords

FMEA; MEDICATION;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DATA REDUCTION; DRUG PRODUCTS; DRUG THERAPY; ERROR ANALYSIS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY FACTOR;

MEDICAL APPLICATIONS;

EID: 1542305378     PISSN: 10807764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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