Using Failure Mode, Effect and Criticality Analysis to improve safety in the cancer treatment prescription and administration process

• Main Authors: Alessandra Buja (Author), Giuseppe De Luca (Author), Ketti Ottolitri (Author), Elena Marchi (Author), Francesco Paolo De Siena (Author), Giovanni Leone (Author), Pietro Maculan (Author), Umberto Bolzonella (Author), Riccardo Caberlotto (Author), Giovanni Cappella (Author), Giulia Grotto (Author), Gaia Lattavo (Author), Benedetta Sforzi (Author), Giovanni Venturato (Author), Anna Maria Saieva (Author), Vincenzo Baldo (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Key points FMECA is a proactive risk assessment tool that has proved useful in identifying potential failures in the process of prescribing and administering cancer treatments, which is a high-risk process. The analysis evidenced 22 failures modes, distributed over the various phases of the process....