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Émile Demers1, Laurence Collin-Lévesque1, Marianne Boulé2

  • 1Pharm. D., M. Sc., est résident en pharmacie, Unité de recherche en pratique pharmaceutique, Centre hospitalier universitaire Sainte-Justine, Montréal, Québec.

The Canadian Journal of Hospital Pharmacy
|January 11, 2019
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Failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) and its variations are effective for identifying and prioritizing risks in medication systems. Promoting these risk assessment methods can improve healthcare processes and patient safety.

Area of Science:

  • Healthcare Risk Management
  • Process Improvement Methodologies

Context:

  • Failure Mode, Effects, and Criticality Analysis (FMECA) is a proactive method for identifying process failures.
  • The medication use system is complex and prone to errors, necessitating robust risk assessment.

Purpose:

  • To systematically review literature on the application of Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA), FMECA, or FMECA in healthcare within the medication use system.
  • To identify trends, methodologies, and reported outcomes of FMEA/FMECA applications in medication safety.

Summary:

  • A literature search (1990-2017) identified 39 articles on FMEA/FMECA in medication use systems.
  • Most studies utilized FMEA or FMECA, with FMECA in healthcare used less frequently.
  • Few studies reported on the post-implementation effects of corrective measures.
Keywords:
and criticality analysisand criticality analysis in health carecriticalitydrugeffectsfailure modefailure mode and effects analysisrisks

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Impact:

  • FMEA/FMECA facilitates mapping care processes, identifying failure modes, and prioritizing interventions.
  • The review highlights the potential of FMEA/FMECA for enhancing medication safety and recommends its broader adoption.
  • Further research should focus on assessing the impact of implemented corrective measures.