title: Risk assessment--is there a risk?
abstract: Mary Spinks is a health service consultant, retired regional nurse and former National Chairman of NATN. She was a member of the NATN Working Party which developed the Risk Assessment Guide (RAG), launched last year at the NATN Congress and now widely used in operating theatres in the UK. She has written this article to give guidance to those who are developing risk management principles in their own practice.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Spinks
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent; D009745:Nursing, Supervisory; D009873:Operating Rooms; D010560:Personnel Selection; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D012308:Risk Management