title: Risk management: an aspect of infection control in an acute care hospital.
abstract: The term 'risk management' is one that may cause apprehension in the minds of some infection control practitioners because it conjures up images from the non-health care world. However, when the concept of risk management is analyzed and applied to the field of infection control one discovers a large overlap. The purpose of this article is to highlight some of this common ground. It may show that, rather than fear risk management, one may be better advised to recognize it as an aspect of infection control.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D003428:Cross Infection / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods*; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control; D012308:Risk Management / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods*