Purpose: Failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) was used to evaluate a smart i.v. pump as it was implemented into a redesigned medication-use process. Summary: A multidisciplinary team conducted ...
The team underwent training in the use of Healthcare FMEA (HFMEA), developed by the Veterans Administration National Center for Patient Safety. [29] The steps in the HFMEA process include (1 ...
Description: data to estimate the probability of failure occurrence. Attempts to use qualitative verbal criteria or to go by the "feel" often result in inconsistency or large variability across and ...
Failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) software is used to track trends, generate statistics such as mean time between failure (MTBF), and determine the root causes of field failures (usually for ...