Preventing Operating Room Errors in Healthcare: A Risk-Based and Data-Driven Framework Using FMEA and Fault Tree Analysis

Author(s)	Mr. Akhilesh Obalannavar
Country	United States
Abstract	Operation rooms (ORs) are characterized with high risks healthcare settings in which errors that can be avoided such as wrong-site surgeries as well as medication errors continue to occur even amid this safety procedures that are put in place. The presented study adopts a hybrid approach that combines the Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) method with the Fault tree analysis (FTA) method to systematically analyze 120 surgical procedures to find out instrument-delays (24.2 percent) and medication-mislabeling (17.5 percent) as the most common surgical errors with Risk Priority Numbers (RPNs) of 192 and 189 respectively. Interventions aimed at the source of the errors were piloted in 30 cases, leading to the decrease in errors by 37.5 percent, RPNs by 24.1 percent, and an increase in checklists compliance by 25 percent. These results promote the idea that this two-pronged framework should be adopted by the institution, and instill psychological security and accountability in employees.
Keywords	operating rooms, surgical procedures, safety, reliability, organizational culture, high risk environment
Field	Biology
Published In	Volume 7, Issue 4, July-August 2025
Published On	2025-08-24
DOI	https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2025.v07i04.53764

About IJFMR Fees & Payment Current Issue Publication Archive	Submit Research Paper Track Submission Status Publication Guidelines Publication Ethics Peer Review & Plagiarism	Join as a Reviewer Editors & Reviewers Reviewer Referral Program Get Reviewer Membership Certi.	Website/Journal Policies Usage Policy Content Policies Privacy Policy

Contact Us		+91-9687-828-838	editor@ijfmr.com

International Journal For Multidisciplinary Research