BACKGROUND Intravenous potassium chloride (IV KCl) solutions are widely used in hospitals for treatment of hypokalemia. As ampoules of concentrated KCL must be diluted before use, critical incidents have been associated with its preparation and administration. Currently, we have introduced ready-to-use diluted KCl infusion solutions to minimize the use of high-alert concentrated KCl. Since this...

This paper presents a structured power and energy-flow-based qualitative modelling approach that is applicable to a variety of system types including electrical and fluid flow. The modelling is split into two parts. Power flow is a global phenomenon and is therefore naturally represented and analysed by a network comprised of the relevant structural elements from the components of a system. The...

INTRODUCTION In any complex human system, human error is inevitable and shows that can't be eliminated by blaming wrong doers. So with the aim of improving Intensive Care Units (ICU) reliability in hospitals, this research tries to identify and analyze ICU's process failure modes at the point of systematic approach to errors. METHODS In this descriptive research, data was gathered qualitative...

The key factors in the decision-making process are uncertainty, probability, and impact. appropriate construction methods must be selected based on review safety requirements, which to adjusted accordingly depending highly uncertain continually changing technological requirements. evaluation of method should account for various technical characteristics method, including changeable risk reducti...

Failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) is a widely used, powerful tool to identify assess potential failure modes in products make more reliable. Due the complexity of lack knowledge, FMEA involves many uncertainties practice. In previous studies, numerous modified methods based on fuzzy logic Dempster-Shafer (D-S) evidence theory have been employed address these uncertainties. These studies ...

This study aims to evaluate the hazards of stainless tank production process in a company by using Integrated Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and Failure Mode Effect Analysis (FMEA) methods. First, were identified. Identified assessed with FMEA method calculate Risk Priority Number (RPN) for each hazard. The same then weighted AHP method. Finally, are integrated achieve more objective result t...