Open AccessEvaluating the application of failure mode and effects analysis technique in hospital wards: a systematic review
Author(s) -
Hoori Asgari Dastjerdi,
Elahe Khorasani,
Mohammad Hossein Yarmohammadian,
Mahdiye Sadat Ahmadzade
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of injury and violence research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2008-4072
pISSN - 2008-2053
DOI - 10.5249/jivr.v9i1.794
Subject(s) - failure mode and effects analysis , inclusion and exclusion criteria , identification (biology) , psychological intervention , inclusion (mineral) , medicine , risk analysis (engineering) , medical emergency , computer science , operations management , nursing , reliability engineering , psychology , engineering , alternative medicine , social psychology , biology , botany , pathology
Medical errors are one of the greatest problems in any healthcare systems. The best way to prevent such problems is errors identification and their roots. Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) technique is a prospective risk analysis method. This study is a review of risk analysis using FMEA technique in different hospital wards and departments.