Using Healthcare Failure Mode and Effect Analysis to reduce medication errors in the process of drug prescription, validation and dispensing in hospitalised patients.
Vélez-Díaz-Pallarés M, Delgado-Silveira E, Carretero-Accame ME, et al. Using Healthcare Failure Mode and Effect Analysis to reduce medication errors in the process of drug prescription, validation and dispensing in hospitalised patients. BMJ Qual Saf. 2013;22(1):42-52. doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2012-000983.
In this study, failure mode and effect analysis—a prospective risk assessment tool—successfully identified actions that led to reductions in medication errors at a Spanish university hospital.