title: Foresight begins with FMEA. Delivering accurate risk assessments.
abstract: If sufficient factors are taken into account and two- or three-stage analysis is employed, failure mode and effect analysis represents an excellent technique for delivering accurate risk assessments for products and processes, and for relating them to legal liability. This article describes a format that facilitates easy interpretation.
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Passey
mesh_terms: D004869:Equipment Safety; D004864:Equipment and Supplies / Q000592:standards*; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D013677:Medical Laboratory Science / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000592:standards* / Q000639:trends; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000592:standards*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D006113:United Kingdom