title: Assessing and controlling risk.
abstract: This article describes the principles of risk assessment in the workplace. It outlines regulations relating to health and safety at work as they affect nursing, and goes on to discuss both qualitative and quantitative risk assessment.
authors.affiliation: Nottingham Trent University.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Clough
mesh_terms: D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D006801:Humans; D016272:Occupational Health; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012308:Risk Management / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013222:State Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D006113:United Kingdom