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| What is FMEA? | Failure Mode and Effect Analysis is an ongoing Performance Improvement method of identifying and preventing potential failures before they occur. It is designed to enhance patient safety. FMEA is a proactive process that acknowledged that errors are inevitable and predictable. It anticipates errors that will minimize their impact. |
FAILURE EFFECT |
When
a system or part of a system performs in a way that is not desired. The result of a failure mode. The detailed examination of the elements of a process. |
| JCAHO Requirements? | JCAHO has written new standards effective July 1, 2001 that require healthcare organizations to conduct at least one risk assessment annually on patient safety using a FMEA. |
| Using our existing PI mode, the PLAN-DO-CHECK-ACT (PDCA), supports the use of tools such as FMEA. Remember, JCAHO will not initially be evaluating how good your FMEA process is but they will evaluate whether you used a proactive process to determine potential risk/s and if you took action to reduce the potential risk/s. |
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