Applying HFMEA to prevent chemotherapy errors.

Chia-Hui Cheng; Chia-Jen Chou; Pa-Chun Wang; Hsi-Yen Lin; Chi-Lan Kao; Chao-Ton Su

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Applying HFMEA to prevent chemotherapy errors.

June 15, 2012

Cheng C-H, Chou C-J, Wang P-C, et al. J Med Syst. 2012;36(3):1543-51.

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This study provides a practical example of using health care failure mode and effect analysis (FMEA) to identify potential chemotherapy process failures.

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