Failure mode and effects analysis application to critical care medicine.

Beau Duwe; Barry D Fuchs; John Hansen-Flaschen

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Failure mode and effects analysis application to critical care medicine.

April 21, 2005

Duwe B, Fuchs BD, Hansen-Flaschen J. Crit Care Clin. 2005;21(1):21-30, vii.

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This article provides background on failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) and reviews both the positive and negative elements of implementing FMEA as an error prevention approach for intensive care units.

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