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Is failure mode and effect analysis reliable?

November 25, 2009

Shebl NA, Franklin BD, Barber N. J Patient Saf. 2009;5(2):86-94.

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Failure mode and effect analysis (FMEA) is a widely used tool for hazard analysis. However, in this study, independent FMEA of the same process conducted by separate groups failed to reach similar conclusions regarding potential failures and their severity.

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