Failure modes and effects — a tool for evaluating packaging safety?
By Duncan Jenkins, PhD, MRPharmS, and Raj Gokani, MBA, MRPharmS
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Safety of medicines series |
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Duncan Jenkins and
Raj Gokani are directors of MORPh Consultancy
Ltd |
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ABSTRACT
Failure modes and effects analysis is a tool that was developed outside of
health care but has been used in the US to evaluate the safety of medicines
packaging. This article describes how the approach, now being trialled on a
small scale in the UK, may fit in with existing risk reduction processes
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Hospital
Pharmacist