Applying HFMEA to prevent chemotherapy errors.

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Applying HFMEA to prevent chemotherapy errors.

December 8, 2010

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

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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