Fmea Information and Courses from MediaLab, Inc.
These are the MediaLab courses that cover Fmea and links to relevant pages within the course.
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| Which statement(s) are true about Failure Mode and Effect Analysis? | View Page |
| These statements define terms related to medical error prevention. | View Page |
| Failure Mode and Effect Analysis Other accreditation programs also encourage error prevention. For example, JCAHO requires healthcare organizations to perform Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA) at least once each year.
FMEA systematically identifies ways developing systems and processes might fail to eliminate the likelihood of failure.
Its goal is preventing errors before they occur. | View Page |
| FMEA Steps Steps in Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
1. Describe the process.
2. Define what the process accomplishes.
3. Identify potential points of process failure.
4. Describe the effects of failure.
5. Determine causes.
6. Describe detection methods and current controls.
7. Calculate the risk of failure.
8. Take action to prevent failure.
9. Assess the results of the action. | View Page |
| Advantages of FMEA FMEA encourages corrective action before errors are made--it emphasizes prevention. It identifies possible failure during systems or process development.
Its structured analysis evaluates processes before implementation. Time and resources for FMEA are allocated during development, when changes are easier and less expensive to make.
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| FMEA and RCA Failure Mode and Effect Analysis uses the opposite approach of Root Cause Analysis.
Ways FMEA and RCA differ:
FMEA is proactive and RCA is reactive.FMEA occurs during development and RCA occurs after-the-fact.FMEA prevents errors and RCA satisfies patients or requirements.FMEA helps processes to work and RCA changes processes that do not work.FMEA encourages good outcomes and RCA changes bad outcomes.
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| Choose the organization(s) that strive to improve patient safety. | View Page |