Methods We designed a three phases prospective study of patients admitted to a general ICU of a tertiary university hospital. During first 4 months, weekly collection days are established, gathering demographic variables, reason for admission, severity scores, risk factors for hemorrhage and thrombosis as well as VTED prophylactic measures prescribed. Data were analyzed using a Failure Mode and...

OBJECTIVE This case study article examines a formal risk assessment as part of the decision making process for design solutions in high risk areas. The overview of the Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) tool with examples of its application in hospital building projects will demonstrate the benefit of those structured conversations. BACKGROUND This article illustrates how two hospitals...

In order to effectively analyze, control, and prevent occupational health risk and ensure the reliability of the weight, a method based on FMEA (failure mode and effects analysis) and an improved AHP (analytic hierarchy process) model was established. The occupational disease of the occupational health and safety management system (OHSAS18001) of the mining industry in the southwest of Hubei Pr...

0957-4174/$ see front matter 2012 Elsevier Ltd. A http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2012.08.010 ⇑ Corresponding author. Address: College of De University, 1239 Siping Road, Shanghai 200092, PR 6598 3432. E-mail addresses: [email protected] (H.-C (L. Liu), [email protected] (N. Liu). Failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) is a risk assessment tool that mitigates potential failures in sys...

The success of any software development cycle for producing the software product is based on the software requirements. The elicitation of requirements is the first and most important activity in the Requirement Engineering (RE). The problems in requirement elicitation process will result in poor requirements which can lead to the development of unsatisfactory software system. Moreover, the dev...

In this paper, reliability block diagram of a sounding rocket separation system is determined and also, FMEA analysis of its spring mechanism is performed. This system is based on the flexible linear shape charge crosssection system and a spring mechanism to accelerate separation. In this investigation, reliability block diagram of the separation system include mechanical and electrical mechani...

Functional safety analysis (FSA), that is checking whether a designed artifact will perform safely even under the presence of failing components, has gained significant importance in different areas, including aeronautic and automotive systems. The same applies to failure-modes-andeffects analysis (FMEA) and fault-tree analysis (FTA) as the major contributing processes. FSA is laborand timecons...

Failure mode and effect analysis (FMEA) is one of the most widely employed pre-evaluation techniques to avoid risks during product design manufacturing phases. Risk priority number (RPN), a risk assessment indicator used in FMEA, field due its simple calculation process, but limitations as an absolute have been pointed out. There has also criticism unstructured nature lack systematicity FMEA pr...