Improvement of the Reliability of Anesthesia Machines Through the Application of the FMEA Methodology

Gabriel Barbosa Barros Miranda; Isac Coelho Sousa; Rodolfo de Sá Oliveira Arcanjo; Marcelo Espinheira Cravo de Carvalho

doi:10.34178/jbth.v9i8.702

Gabriel Barbosa Barros Miranda
Isac Coelho Sousa
Rodolfo de Sá Oliveira Arcanjo
Marcelo Espinheira Cravo de Carvalho

DOI: https://doi.org/10.34178/jbth.v9i8.702

Keywords: Clinical Engineering, FMEA, Anesthesia Machine

Abstract

This work proposed the application of the FMEA (Fail-ure Mode and Effects Analysis) methodology to the anesthesia carriage, for which a case study was carried out in a group of nine equipments, using the FMEA tool. The purpose of this research was to evaluate the reliability of the anesthesia machine, demonstrating through daily and semiannual data analysis, proving that preventive maintenance focused on reliability enables greater safe-ty, both for the patient and for the hospital's multidisciplinary team. The methodology was developed with the purpose of analyzing failure indicators, to assist in the development of hospital maintenance strategies, exemplifying its application through the FMEA tool, seeking solutions with innovations in maintenance management, in order to reduce costs, through the speed in the analysis of results for health units.