title: Health care workers and workplace violence.
abstract: Aspects of violence affecting health care workers addressed here include risk factors, the cost of violence, and prevention. Eight steps for developing a violence prevention program are described, including developing a written program and carrying out a worksite analysis. A variety of control measures also are listed.
authors.affiliation: California State Department of Industrial Relations, Division of Occupational Safety and Health, Los Angeles 90020, USA.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Simonowitz
mesh_terms: D000062:Accidents, Occupational / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005260:Female; D006281:Health Occupations; D006708:Homicide / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012307:Risk Factors; D017751:Safety Management; D014481:United States; D014754:Violence / Q000191:economics / Q000517:prevention & control*