SAT1: Task 2 โFMEA Table
List 4 steps in your
Improvement Plan Process *
List 1 Failure Mode per step
Likelihood of
Occurrence
(1โ10)
Likelihood of
Detection
(1โ10)
Severity
(1โ10)
Risk Priority Number
(RPN)
Example: On-call staff must
clock in within 30 minutes of
being notified.
On-call staff forget to clock
in when arriving to the unit.
4 5 2 40
1. Healthcare providers
including physicians,
registered nurses, and
licensed vocational
nurses attend
mandatory meeting
about caring for
sedated patients.
Healthcare provider does
not adhere to protocol.
5 6 5 150
2. Monitoring oxygen
saturation levels
throughout the time
the patient is sedated.
Healthcare provider
becomes busy and forgets
to check on oxygen
saturation levels.
6 8 9 432
3. Monitoring EKG, blood
pressure, and pulse
before, throughout the
time the patient is
sedated, and after until
criteria is met
Healthcare provider forgets
to do one of the following.
8 9 9 648
4. Physicians need to be
trained on how much
medication to
administer a patient
who is sedated.
Physician overdoses a
patient.
5 7 9 315
Revised 10/2019
