Failure mode and effects analysis of witnessing protocols for ensuring traceability during IVF Laura Rienzi, Fiorenza Bariani, Michela Dalla Zorza, Stefania Romano, Catello Scarica, Roberta Maggiulli, Alessandro Nanni Costa, Filippo Maria Ubaldi Reproductive BioMedicine Online Volume 31, Issue 4, Pages 516-522 (October 2015) DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2015.06.018 Copyright © 2015 Reproductive Healthcare Ltd. Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 The traceability and witnessing protocol in use before the introduction of the electronic witnessing system. Reproductive BioMedicine Online 2015 31, 516-522DOI: (10.1016/j.rbmo.2015.06.018) Copyright © 2015 Reproductive Healthcare Ltd. Terms and Conditions
Figure 2 Severity, occurrence and detectability (range 1–5) of the most significant risk modes before (A) and after (B) the implementation of an electronic witnessing system. Risk mode 1 = operating theatre list not respected at oocyte retrieval; risk mode 2 = incorrect tubes/dishes labelling; risk mode 3 = contemporaneous sperm samples collections; risk mode 4 = incorrect sperm pot labelling; risk mode 5 = operating theatre list not respected at embryo transfer; risk mode 6 = contemporaneous thawing of different samples. Reproductive BioMedicine Online 2015 31, 516-522DOI: (10.1016/j.rbmo.2015.06.018) Copyright © 2015 Reproductive Healthcare Ltd. Terms and Conditions