A Safety Framework to Address Risk Factors for Home HD Dropout

In an effort to pre-emptively identify and reduce drop out risks from a new home HD program, a clinic in Singapore undertook failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA). They listed each key process and sub-process, scored them for failure mode, and designed solutions. The transition from in-center to home HD was found to have the highest failure risk, in 59 areas, so two teams with different clinical experience developed a safety framework.

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