title: 'Reasonable and appropriate action' important in preventing violent crime.
abstract: Failure to take "reasonable and appropriate action" to prevent violent crime in hospitals can leave a health care facility highly vulnerable to litigation, according to two experts in the hospital security business.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Egger
mesh_terms: D003625:Data Collection; D006739:Hospital Administration / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006801:Humans; D016365:Liability, Legal; D012308:Risk Management; D012637:Security Measures; D014481:United States; D014754:Violence / Q000517:prevention & control*