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

Figures & data

Table 1 General steps for conducting a Failure Mode, Effect and Criticality Analysis

Fig. 1 Phases of the drug administration process

Table 2 Ratings for frequency of occurrence, detectability and severity

Table 3 Possible failures of the treatment prescription and administration process, ranked by RPN in each phase with sum of criticality indices

Table 4 Actions recommended to improve the cancer treatment prescription and administration process

Availability of data and materials

The datasets used and/or analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.