Quantifying risk using FMEA: An alternate approach to AAPM TG-100 for scoring failures and evaluating clinical workflow

Renovation of the brachytherapy program at a leading cancer center utilized methods of the AAPM TG-100 report to objectively evaluate current clinical brachytherapy workflows and develop techniques for minimizing the risk of failures, increasing efficiency, and consequently providing opportunities for improved treatment quality. The TG-100 report guides evaluation of clinical workflows with recommendations for identifying potential failure modes (FM) and scoring them from the perspective of their occurrence frequency O, failure severity S, and inability to detect them D.

Source: Brachytherapy - April 8, 2021 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Sean A. Roles, Jaroslaw T. Hepel, Kara L. Leonard, David E. Wazer, Gene A. Cardarelli, Michelle L. Schwer, Ziad H. Saleh, Eric E. Klein, James M. Brindle, Mark J. Rivard Source Type: research