Evaluation of Safety in a Radiation Oncology Setting Using Failure Mode and Effects Analysis

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 852-858

  Ford, Eric C ^a   Gaudette, Ray ^a   Myers, Lee ^a   Vanderver, Bruce ^b   Engineer, Lilly ^b   Zellars, Richard ^a   Song, Danny Y ^a   Wong, John ^a   DeWeese, Theodore L ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Patient Safety; Quality Assurance; Quality Improvement

Indexed keywords

DETECTABILITY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIATION THERAPY; FAILURE MODE AND EFFECTS ANALYSIS; PATIENT SAFETY; PROCESS IMPROVEMENT; PROCESS MAPS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; RELATIVE IMPORTANCE; RISK PROBABILITIES; SYSTEMATIC METHOD; VISUAL MAP;

FAILURE MODES; FLOW PATTERNS; ONCOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION EFFECTS; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; RISK ANALYSIS; SAFETY FACTOR; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TUMORS;

QUALITY ASSURANCE;

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; RELIABILITY; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; PROBABILITY; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 67049107499     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2008.10.038     Document Type: Article

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