Failure mode and effects analysis application to critical care medicine.

Beau Duwe; Barry D. Fuchs; John Hansen-Flaschen

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Failure mode and effects analysis application to critical care medicine.

February 27, 2009

Duwe B, Fuchs BD, Hansen-Flaschen J. Crit Care Clin. 2005;21(1):21-30, vii.

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This article provides background on failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) and reviews both the positive and negative elements of implementing FMEA as an error prevention approach for intensive care units.

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