Abstract
Introduction. Adverse events pose a challenge to medical management: they can produce mild or transient disabilities or lead to permanent disabilities or even death; preventable adverse events result from error or equipment failure. Methods. IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi implemented a clinical risk management program in order to study the epidemiology of adverse events and to improve new pathways for preventing clinical errors: a risk management FMECA-FMEA pro-active analysis was applied either to an existing clinical support pathway or to a new process before its implementation. Results. The application of FMEA-FMECA allowed the clinical risk unit of our hospital to undertake corrective actions in order to reduce the adverse events and errors on high-risk procedure used inside the hospitals.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 54-59 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene |
Volume | 48 |
Issue number | 2 |
Publication status | Published - Jun 2007 |
Keywords
- FMEA methodology
- Risk management
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health