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Evaluation of safety in a radiation oncology setting using failure mode and effects analysis.
Ford EC, Gaudette R, Myers L, et al. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2009;74:852-858.

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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