title: FMECA methodology applied to two pathways in an orthopaedic hospital in Milan.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  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.
authors: Scientific Institute for Research, Hospitalisation and Health Care, Galeazzi Orthopaedic Institute, Milan, Italy.
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Morelli
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Vinci
authors: L
authors: L
authors: Galetto
authors: G
authors: G
authors: Magon
authors: V
authors: V
authors: Maniaci
authors: G
authors: G
authors: Banfi
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000517:prevention & control*; D016530:Orthopedic Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D012308:Risk Management / Q000379:methods*; D017751:Safety Management / Q000458:organization & administration*