Evaluation of safety in a radiation oncology setting using failure mode and effects analysis.

Eric Ford; Ray Gaudette; Lee Myers; Bruce Vanderver; Lilly Engineer; Richard Zellars; Danny Y. Song; John Wong; Theodore L. Deweese

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Evaluation of safety in a radiation oncology setting using failure mode and effects analysis.

July 1, 2009

Ford E, Gaudette R, Myers L, et al. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2009;74(3):852-8.

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Failure mode and effects analysis was used to prospectively analyze an external beam radiation therapy service in order to identify potentially unsafe processes.

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