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Applying Lean Sigma solutions to mistake-proof the chemotherapy preparation process.
Aboumatar HJ, Winner L, Davis R, et al. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2010;36:79-86, AP1-AP4.

This article describes how one hospital used failure mode and effect analysis to identify problems and design Six Sigma interventions to improve the reliability of chemotherapeutic agent preparation.
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