INTRODUCTION Failure Mode Effects and Criticalities Analysis (FMECA) represents a prospective method for risk assessment in complex medical practices. Our objective was to describe the application of FMECA approach to intraoperative electron beam radiotherapy (IOERT), delivered using a mobile linear accelerator, for the treatment of early breast cancer as an anticipated boost. MATERIALS AND M...

To conduct a risk analysis of the negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) care process and to improve the safety of NPWT, a working group of nurses, hospital pharmacists, physicians and hospital managers performed a risk analysis for the process of NPWT care. The failure modes, effects and criticality analysis (FMECA) method was used for this analysis. Failure modes and their consequences were d...

The paper is concerned with the study of criticality analysis of components of Gas Turbine Power Plant Systems (GTPPS) and the failures occurring in the plant. Failure mode and effect and criticality analysis (FMECA) is carried out to estimate the criticality number for different components and failure modes. In addition the failure effects, higher effects and end effects are incorporated in th...

Information system risk management helps to reduce or eliminate risk by implementing appropriate controls. In this paper, we propose a quantification model of controls impact on information system risks by automatizing the residual criticality estimation step of FMECA which is based on a inductive reasoning. For this, we defined three equations based on type and maturity of controls. For testin...

Risk management in banking sector is a key issue linked to financial system stability and its importance has been elevated by technological developments and emergence of new financial instruments. In this paper, we improve the model previously defined for quantifying internal control impact on banking risks by automatizing the residual criticality estimation step of FMECA. For this, we defined ...

The Failure Mode, Effects, and Criticality Analysis (FMECA) is one of the risk analysis techniques proposed by ISO 14971 Standard. This allows to identify assess consequences faults that affect each component a complex system. FMECA forward-type technique used for highlighting critical points classifying them priority. It also makes it possible evaluate extent failures means numerical indices. ...

Maintenance process and planning are at the heart of industrial occupations. Processes and equipments require controls and strategies to reduce costs and yield loss. Risk Based Maintenance (RBM) helps in reducing machinery failure rate and managing actions priorities. This paper proposes a method using FMECA as an operational tool which unveils productivity improvement areas. It demonstrates th...

INTRODUCTION Patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) often seek care in emergency departments (EDs) for severe pain. However, there is evidence that they experience inaccurate assessment, suboptimal care, and inadequate follow-up referrals. The aim of this project was to 1) explore the feasibility of applying a failure modes, effects and criticality analysis (FMECA) in two EDs examining four pr...