FMEA: A model for reducing medical errors

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 404, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 75-78

  Chiozza, Maria Laura ^a   Ponzetti, Clemente ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Gruppo Policlinici di Monza   (Italy)

Author keywords

Failure mode and effect analysis; Laboratory medicine; Patient safety; Risk management; Root cause analysis; Total testing errors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY; HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICATION ERROR; MEDICINE; PATIENT SAFETY; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT;

HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; MEDICAL ERRORS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 67349151722     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2009.03.015     Document Type: Article

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