Applying Healthcare Failure Mode and Effect Analysis to Prevent Medication Errors during Drug Subpackage / 中国药学杂志

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE: To prevent medication errors during drug subpackage and ensure patients' medication safety. METHODS: Healthcare failure mode and effect analysis (HFMEA) was applied to evaluate the potential failure modes and effects during drug repackaging and dispensing. Thereafter rectification measures was analyzed and carried out in order to prevent the recurrence of failure modes. Risk priority numbers (RPNs) before and after the implication of rectification measures were analyzed using paired t tests. RESULTS: After the application of healthcare failure mode and effect analysis, RPN was statistically significantly (P<0.05) reduced by 60% (P=0.000 2), which affecting the incidences of medication errors during drug unit-dose repackaging. CONCLUSION: The application of healthcare failure mode and effect analysis can effectively prevent medication errors during drug subpackage and improve patients' medication safety.