ADVERSE HEALTHCARE EVENTS: PREVENTION -- FAILURE MODES AND EFFECTS ANALYSIS (FMEA)

Course overview

FMEA is a team-based systematic and proactive approach for identifying the ways that a process or system can fail, why it might fail, the effects of failure, and how the process can be made safer. This continuing education module is designed to give the reader/learner an increased understanding of the prevention of adverse healthcare events using FMEA, including FMEA use in health care, how FMEA is conducted, and information that can be gathered when using FMEA. Readers may explore any or all of the topics. One contact hour of continuing education credit is available for those who successfully complete the post-test and evaluation form.