The AMÉLIE project: failure mode, effects and criticality analysis: a model to evaluate the nurse medication administration process on the floor.

Christina Nguyen; Justine Côté; Denis Lebel; Elaine Caron; Christine Genest; Monia Mallet; Véronique Phan; Jean-François Bussières

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The AMÉLIE project: failure mode, effects and criticality analysis: a model to evaluate the nurse medication administration process on the floor.

February 8, 2012

Nguyen C, Côté J, Lebel D, et al. J Eval Clin Pract. 2013;19(1):192-9.

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This study reports on a multidisciplinary failure mode and effect analysis of nursing medication administration.

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