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FMEA Process Improvement Plan

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The three essential steps included in the FMEA process improvement plan are severity, occurrence, and detection. The RPN uses a 1-10 numeric scale for evaluation. Severity, looks at how bad the failure will be if it occurs. The severity rating usually uses 1 being the least important or insignificant and 10 being the most important or catastrophic. Occurrence, how likely is the failure to occur, plain and simple. Occurrence is usually rated on a scale from 1 to 10, where 1 is highly doubtful and 10 is unavoidable. Detection, how easy the failure is to find or observe before affecting the patient. The 1-10 scale again is used with 1 with a certain to detect the cause of the failure and 10 not being able to detect the cause of the failure
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