Preventing blood transfusion failures: FMEA, an effective assessment method. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Preventing blood transfusion failures: FMEA, an effective assessment method. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

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• Published June 2017

Preventing blood transfusion failures: FMEA, an effective assessment method.

Najafpour Z, Hasoumi M, Behzadi F, Mohamadi E, Jafary M, Saeedi M. BMC Health Serv Res. 2017;17:453.

Failure mode and effect analysis (FMEA) is a tool that facilitates prospective risk assessmentand is frequently used to assess the risk of various processes in health care. The authors describe the use of FMEA at a single institution to improve the safety of the blood transfusion process.

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