Use of Failure Mode and Effect Analysis Methods in Pediatric and Adolescent Hospital Care: A Scoping Review

FMEA, FMECA, and HFMEA were successfully used to ensure patient safety in pediatric and adolescent hospital care. These methods can be used to effectively identify possible failures in healthcare processes and in quality improvement and risk reduction. They also enable prioritizing the targets of improvement actions. In addition, the use of risk analysis methods may result in increased awareness of potential safety risks among the workers who have participated in risk assessment.