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Table 1 Traditional FMEA scale for occurrence.

From: Quality of fixed dose artemether/lumefantrine products in Jimma Zone, Ethiopia

Probability of failure

Possibility of failure rates

Rank

Extremely high: failure almost inevitable

≥ 1 in 2

10

Very high

1 in 3

9

Repeated failures

1 in 8

8

High

1 in 20

7

Moderately high

1 in 80

6

Moderate

1 in 400

5

Relatively low

1 in 2000

4

Low

1 in 15,000

3

Remote

1 in 150,000

2

Nearly impossible

≤ 1 in 1,500,00

1