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Patient Safety Monitor (Briefings on Patient Safety) (Single Article)

Hazard Vulnerability Analysis can help you select FMEA topic
March 2002

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The Hazard Vulnerability Analysis (HVA), an evaluation tool often used to assess the hazards of sinkholes and sewer-system failures, may help improve patient safety at your facility. It may also help you comply with a new standard is sued by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO).Organizations often use the HVA in emergency planning to assess risk from a variety of natural and man-made catastrophes. But you can also use it to help select a patient safety topic for your Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA), says Steven Bryant, practice director fo

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