Validating FMEA output against incident learning data: A study in stereotactic body radiation therapy.

Journal: Medical physics
Published Date: Jun 1, 2015

Abstract

PURPOSE: Though failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) is becoming more widely adopted for risk assessment in radiation therapy, to our knowledge, its output has never been validated against data on errors that actually occur. The objective of this study was to perform FMEA of a stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) treatment planning process and validate the results against data recorded within an incident learning system.

Authors

  • F Yang
    Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, Washington 98195.
  • N Cao
    Forensic Center of Beijing City Public Security Bureau, Beijing 100192, China.
  • L Young
    Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, Washington 98195.
  • J Howard
    Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, Washington 98195.
  • W Logan
    Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, Washington 98195.
  • T Arbuckle
    Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, Washington 98195.
  • P Sponseller
    Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, Washington 98195.
  • T Korssjoen
    Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, Washington 98195.
  • J Meyer
    Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, Washington 98195.
  • E Ford
    Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, Washington 98195.

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