Health Care Failure Mode and Effect Analysis: a useful proactive risk analysis in a pediatric oncology ward.

C. M. van Tilburg; I. P. Leistikow; C. M A Rademaker; M. B. Bierings; A. T H van Dijk

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Health Care Failure Mode and Effect Analysis: a useful proactive risk analysis in a pediatric oncology ward.

March 28, 2011

van Tilburg CM, Leistikow IP, Rademaker CMA, et al. Qual Saf Health Care. 2006;15(1):58-63.

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The authors applied the VA's Health Care Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (HFMEA) process to vincristine errors and found the tool to be effective in identifying failure.

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