Failure Modes and Effect Analysis: Templates and Tools to Improve Patient Safety

Transform FMEAs from a regulatory 'must do' to an effective quality and performance improvement tool!

Your hospital must perform at least one failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) each year according to The Joint Commission. Although this process is proven to help address potential problems in patient care before they happen, many hospitals struggle to get true value out of it. The reality is that the advantages of FMEAs are long-lasting. When executed correctly, they can provide substantial opportunities for:

- Quality and performance improvement
- Enhanced patient safety
- Increased efficiency

However, the steps required to implement an FMEA are often complicated and time-consuming, especially without the right tools in place. Too often, healthcare professionals don't take advantage of the powerful analysis an FMEA can provide. If this sounds familiar, then the resource you need has finally arrived.

Take the fear out of FMEAs with proven tools and expert advice.

Failure Modes and Effect Analysis: Templates and Tools to Improve Patient Safety will help guide you through the challenges of FMEAs. This practical book and CD set outlines how to best administer an FMEA in the healthcare setting. The result is a comprehensive tool to help your facility better evaluate and refine processes, and document your results for Joint Commission compliance.

Turn to this resource for:

- A concise primer on failure modes
- Step-by-step guidance on the most important elements of an FMEA
- Real-life examples of better FMEAs for some of today's hottest patient safety topics
- Tested templates that focus on 10 of the most commonly used FMEAs
- FMEA expertise from both inside and outside of healthcare

Failure Modes and Effect Analysis: Templates and Tools to Improve Patient Safety provides the most up-to-date and field-tested information on healthcare FMEAs available anywhere today.

User-friendly format cuts through the confusion

Save time and hassle trying to design and perform an effective FMEA. Written in down-to-earth language, Failure Modes and Effect Analysis: Templates and Tools to Improve Patient Safety is organized for ultimate usability. By breaking the process down into key elements, it'll help change the way you approach, analyze, and use FMEAs to improve patient safety. With this guide in your library, you'll have instant access to the knowledge you need to:

- Plan, structure, and execute analysis
- Understand the difference between system risk vs. behavioral risk
- Determine risk using scoring tables and other tools
- Develop corrective actions
- Manage FMEA effectiveness
- Use your results to improve quality and performance

Template and tools to help get the job done

Along with detailed guidance and how-to tips, this resource also features templates for some of the most commonly used FMEAs in healthcare:

- Medication Process Failure Modes
- Blood Products Process Failure Modes
- Patient Falls Prevention Process Failure Modes
- Potential Failure Modes for Registration
- Information Management Systems Applications Failure Modes
- Preventing Allergic Reactions to Medications Failure Modes

Every template is available on the free companion CD-ROM, and is easy to access, download, modify, and use right away!