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Failure mode and effects analysis. An interdisciplinary way to analyze and reduce medication errors
1Oakwood Hospital, Beyer Center, Ypsilanti, MI, USA. cefletch@umich.edu
The Journal of Nursing Administration
|January 7, 1998
Abstract:
Medication errors are of interest both as an indication of quality of nursing care and as a measure of cost control. Developed for use in high-risk industries, Failure Mode and Effects Analysis used as an interdisciplinary approach in healthcare offers a comprehensive, individualized way to analyze and lessen medication errors in any institution.