In order to proactively handle potential process or product errors before they occur in manufacturing or on a customer’s production line, many organizations implement a Failure Mode and Effects ...

Problems and defects are expensive. Customers understandably place high expectations on manufacturers and service providers ...

This asynchronous course presents an overview of the Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) approach to calculate risk and proactively avoid potential failures in a process or service. Participants ...

Purpose: Failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) was used to evaluate a smart i.v. pump as it was implemented into a redesigned medication-use process. Summary: A multidisciplinary team conducted a ...

Google “FMEA” and you’re likely to find a variety of definitions. Risk assessment tool. Process methodology. Predictive failure analysis. It’s used as a noun, a verb and an adjective. So, what is it ...

FMEA is a structured approach used to identify ways in which a product or process can fail, estimate risk associated with specific causes, and prioritize actions that should be taken to reduce risk.

A multidisciplinary team was assembled to perform an FMEA of the i.v. medication administration process incorporating pump technology and to report its findings to the hospital performance-improvement ...