title: Principles of risk management.
abstract: The steps of risk management are outlined, together with a range of the most useful tools. Risk management involves hazard and risk identification, assessment (quantitative or nonquantitative or both), risk reduction and risk control.  While the techniques were developed in military and industrial applications, they are entirely applicable to transfusion medicine, and are particularly appropriate in ensuring that the low probability of serious adverse effects remains low and is further reduced.
authors: Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia.
authors: H M
authors: HM
authors: Tweeddale
mesh_terms: D003663:Decision Trees; D006801:Humans; D015233:Models, Statistical; D012308:Risk Management / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012449:Safety; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D065227:Transfusion Reaction