scholarly journals Correction: Benefits of switching from guaiac-based faecal occult blood to faecal immunochemical testing: experience from the Wallonia–Brussels colorectal cancer screening programme

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Feng Guo ◽  
Isabel De Brabander ◽  
Julie Francart ◽  
Michel Candeur ◽  
Marc Polus ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Colorectal Cancer ◽  
Cancer Screening ◽  
Colorectal Cancer Screening ◽  
Screening Programme ◽  
Occult Blood ◽  
Faecal Occult Blood ◽  
Faecal Occult ◽  
Cancer Screening Programme

scholarly journals Results of the Czech National Colorectal Cancer Screening Programme – Faecal Occult Blood Tests

2014 ◽  
Vol 27 (Suppl 2) ◽  
pp. 2S87-2S97
Author(s):  
Bohumil Seifert ◽  
Ondřej Májek ◽  
Miroslav Zavoral ◽  
Norbert Král ◽  
Štěpán Suchánek ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Colorectal Cancer ◽  
Cancer Screening ◽  
Colorectal Cancer Screening ◽  
Screening Programme ◽  
Occult Blood ◽  
Faecal Occult Blood ◽  
Blood Tests ◽  
Faecal Occult ◽  
Cancer Screening Programme

scholarly journals Implementation of Failure Mode and Effects Analysis to the specimens flow in a population-based colorectal cancer screening programme using immunochemical faecal occult blood tests: a quality improvement project in the Milan colorectal cancer screening programme

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. e000299 ◽  
Author(s):  
Silvia Deandrea ◽  
Enrica Tidone ◽  
Aldo Bellini ◽  
Luigi Bisanti ◽  
Nico Gerardo Leonardo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Colorectal Cancer ◽  
Cancer Screening ◽  
Colorectal Cancer Screening ◽  
Failure Modes ◽  
Screening Programme ◽  
Occult Blood ◽  
Faecal Occult Blood ◽  
Faecal Occult ◽  
Cancer Screening Programme ◽  
Corrective Actions

BackgroundA multidisciplinary working group applied the Healthcare Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (HFMEA) approach to the flow of kits and specimens for the first-level test of a colorectal cancer screening programme using immunochemical faecal occult blood tests.MethodsHFMEA comprised four steps: (1) identification and mapping of the process steps (subprocesses); (2) analysis of failure modes and calculation of the risk priority numbers (RPNs); (3) identification of corrective actions; and (4) follow-up and evaluation of corrective actions.ResultsThe team identified 9 main failure modes, 12 effects and 34 associated causes. RPN scores ranged from 2 to 96. Failure modes within the first five positions in the ranking list ordered by RPN concerned: ‘degraded haemoglobin in the specimen’, ‘mixed-up kits’ and ‘anonymous specimen’. All of these could lead to false-negative results and/or subjects with positive tests not being recalled for assessment. The team planned corrective actions for those failure modes. As a result, the follow-up of corrective actions showed a significant decrease in the proportion of anonymous kits from 11.6 to 4.8 per 1000 (relative reduction of 59%). The HFMEA exercise led to a reduction in: missed positive tests; missed cancer and high-risk adenomas; complaints about the communication of test results to a person who never did the test; and false-negative results due either to haemoglobin degradation or an expired sampling tube.ConclusionsHFMEA is a useful tool for reducing errors in colorectal cancer screening programmes using faecal occult blood tests and is characterised by a straightforward interpretation of results and ease of communication to healthcare managers and decision makers.

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