TY - GEN
T1 - Adaptation of US Department of Energy method of design basis accident selection to a study of the risks to patients in pediatric emergency medical care
AU - Young, Jonathan
AU - Woods, Donna
AU - Holl, Jane
AU - Reynolds, Sally
AU - Wears, Robert
AU - Schwalenstocker, Ellen
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - The United States Department of Energy (DOE) has developed a standardized methodology to evaluate results of hazard analyses to identify generic risks and risk contributors for processes and systems. This DOE method, which includes the selection of design basis accidents from hazard analysis results, is being adapted to study risks in children's emergency medical care under a grant from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. The study will take Failure Mode and Effects Analysis results produced by various healthcare institutions on emergency care for children and identify significant generic risks and risk contributors related to children's emergency medical care. The idea is to leverage results of existing risk studies of pediatric emergency care at specific institutions to produce generic risk information on existing emergency care processes for children. This study will produce a Toolkit of the adapted method for analysis of results of existing healthcare risk assessments on any care process. While the basic concept of accident selection described in the DOE methodology will be used, adaptations will need to be made to accommodate variances expected to be faced in the healthcare domain. This paper will describe how the study will address these adaptations for pediatric emergency medical care.
AB - The United States Department of Energy (DOE) has developed a standardized methodology to evaluate results of hazard analyses to identify generic risks and risk contributors for processes and systems. This DOE method, which includes the selection of design basis accidents from hazard analysis results, is being adapted to study risks in children's emergency medical care under a grant from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. The study will take Failure Mode and Effects Analysis results produced by various healthcare institutions on emergency care for children and identify significant generic risks and risk contributors related to children's emergency medical care. The idea is to leverage results of existing risk studies of pediatric emergency care at specific institutions to produce generic risk information on existing emergency care processes for children. This study will produce a Toolkit of the adapted method for analysis of results of existing healthcare risk assessments on any care process. While the basic concept of accident selection described in the DOE methodology will be used, adaptations will need to be made to accommodate variances expected to be faced in the healthcare domain. This paper will describe how the study will address these adaptations for pediatric emergency medical care.
KW - Design basis accidents
KW - Generic risks
KW - Patient safety
KW - Risk assessment
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84876468798
SN - 9781622765775
T3 - 9th International Conference on Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management 2008, PSAM 2008
SP - 1621
EP - 1629
BT - 9th International Conference on Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management 2008, PSAM 2008
T2 - 9th International Conference on Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management 2008, PSAM 2008
Y2 - 18 May 2008 through 23 May 2008
ER -