Pre-Steps for preparing for FMEA.
Step 1: Select a process to evaluate with FMEA.
This is where a process to be evaluated with FMEA is carefully selected. When selecting a process, special attention should be paid to the complexity of the process selected. A process that is not so large and complex is preferred to a large and complex process. For example, select ‘prevention of pressure sore’ instead of ‘pressure sore’ as a process to evaluate with FMEA. This is because evaluating pressure will involve causes, prevention, treatment and risks factors.
Step 2: Recruit a multidisciplinary team.
The team should include everyone that is involved in the process. All team members do not necessarily have to follow the process through the entire analysis. It is possible that a particular team member is only involved in a small, but crucial aspect of the process. For example, in the case of pressure sore, special mattresses in addition to turning and repositioning are needed for effective prevention of pressure sore in bed ridden patients. It will be necessary to have a representative of the vendor supplying mattresses as a part of the team. In this case, the vendor representative may not have to be involved in the entire analysis

Step 3: The team meet together to list all the steps involved in the process.
This is where every steps of the process is numbered and should be as specific as possible. This is not a rushed through step. It may not be possible for the team to achieve this step in a single meeting. The team may have to meet several times to complete this step depending on the complexity of the process. Using such tool as flowchart will be helpful in outlining the steps. For this step 3 to be deemed perfectly completed there is need to obtain consensus from the group. There should be agreement among team members that steps included in the FMEA accurately