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    • Patient Safety
    • Medical Device Management

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    • Healthcare quality necessitates understanding and mitigating risks in care delivery.
    • Proactive risk assessment is crucial for implementing new clinical services.
    • Establishing specialized teams, like vascular access, requires robust planning.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To describe the application of Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) for establishing a comprehensive vascular access team.
    • To provide a process for evidentiary support and proactive risk mitigation.
    • To enhance healthcare quality through systematic risk assessment in an academic medical center.

    Main Methods:

    • Utilized Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) as a systematic risk assessment tool.
    • Focused on identifying potential failure points in the process of establishing a vascular access team.
    • Documented the process for evidentiary support and risk mitigation planning.

    Main Results:

    • The FMEA process identified potential risks associated with establishing the vascular access team.
    • Evidentiary support was generated for the team's implementation plan.
    • Proactive mitigation strategies were developed for identified risks.

    Conclusions:

    • Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) is an effective tool for the proactive risk assessment and planning of specialized healthcare teams.
    • Implementing a comprehensive vascular access team can be supported by systematic risk analysis.
    • This approach contributes to enhancing overall healthcare quality and patient safety.