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Severity (S)
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No effect (Failure is not noticeable and does not affect the patient or process)
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1
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Slight effect (Failure causes minor effects or is a trouble to the patient or process, without injury or increase in level of care required)
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2
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Moderate effect (Failure causes some performance loss and may increase the level of care (e.g., requiring hospitalisation or increasing the length of hospital stay)
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3
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Major effect (Failure causes a high degree of performance loss, with permanent impact on the patient)
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4
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Severe or catastrophic effect (Failure causes death or major, permanent loss of function)
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5
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Frequency (F)
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Yearly
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1
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Monthly
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2
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Weekly
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3
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Daily
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4
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Hourly
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5
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Detectability* (D)
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Always
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1
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Likely
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2
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Unlikely
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3
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Never
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4
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