Failure mode and effects analysis: too little for too much?

Bryony Dean Franklin; Nada Atef Shebl; Nick Barber

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Failure mode and effects analysis: too little for too much?

April 18, 2012

Franklin BD, Shebl NA, Barber N. BMJ Qual Saf. 2012;21(7):607-11.

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This commentary explores the benefits and drawbacks of using failure mode and effects analysis as a prospective risk assessment method.

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