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FailureModesandEffectsAnalysis(FMEA)Tool

WristbandingProcessImprovement
UnitedStates
HospitalCommunity

Aim:Reductioninpatientidentificationrelatederrors
ProcessData
Date:08/07/2008
Step

Description

CheckinAtAdmissionsforRadiologyProcedure

Step

Description

PatientescortedorambulatorytoRadiologyDept.

Step

Description

PatientChecksinatRadiologyDesk

Step

Description

Techcallspatientbackforprocedure

Step

Description

Techverballyidentifiespatient

FailureMode

Causes

Effects

Techincorrectlyidentifies
patientordoesnotidentify
patientatall

Lackofknowledgeabout
identifiers
Noncompliance

Incorrecttesting

Step

Description

ProcedureDone

Step

Description

PatientLeaves

Occ Det Sev RPN Actions


2

70 Wristbandingatacentral
checkinlocation.Patientto
verifyIDinformationis
correctbeforeleaving
admissionsarea.

CalculatedTotals
TotalRiskPriorityNumberfortheprocess
Occ: LikelihoodofOccurrence(110)
Det: LikelihoodofDetection(110)
NOTE: 1=VerylikelyitWILLbedetected

10=VerylikelyitWILLNOTbedetected

Sev: Severity(110)
RPN:RiskPriorityNumber(OccDetSev)

Annotation
None

70

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