FMECA methodology applied to two pathways in an orthopaedic hospital in Milan.
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.
Morelli
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Scientific Institute for Research, Hospitalisation and Health Care, Galeazzi Orthopaedic Institute, Milan, Italy.
Vinci
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A
Galetto
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L
Magon
G
G
Maniaci
V
V
Banfi
G
G
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*