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Health Care Failure Mode and Effect Analysis: a useful proactive risk analysis in a pediatric oncology ward.
van Tilburg CM, Leistikow IP, Rademaker CM, Bierings MB, van Dijk AT. Qual Saf Health Care. 2006;15:58-63.

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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