Run a tube-labeling FMEA
Use an FMEA structure to identify and prioritize tube-labeling risks before harm occurs.
The lab is introducing mobile label printers. Labels may print behind the collector, and peak rounds can involve multiple patients in adjacent rooms. FMEA: define process step, potential failure mode, effect, cause, current control, and stronger action before the failure reaches a patient. The common trap is treating no recent errors as proof of safety. FMEA assumes absence of harm may mean the failure has not aligned with the right conditions yet. Map the step Process step: print and apply labels during bedside collection. FMEA must attach risk to a specific step. "Labeling" is too broad until the moment and…
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