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EDITORIAL
Risk management
Risk management in pathology
1 Chelmsford Public Health Laboratory, New Writtle Street, Chelmsford CM2 0YX, UK
2 Ayrshire and Arran Acute Hospitals Trust, Crosshouse Hospital, Crosshouse, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire KA2 0BE, UK
Correspondence to:
Correspondence to:
Dr E L Teare, Chelmsford Public Health Laboratory, New Writtle Street, Chelmsford CM2 0YX, UK;
lteare@phls.org.uk
Principles and practice in an era of clinical governance
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Although doctors have been described as natural risk takers,1 the assessment approach to their care of patients could more accurately be described as risk management. The broader postgraduate learning of pathologists adds to this clinical approach with topics such as health and safety and occupational health hazards. Despite all this, formal instruction in risk management is absent from the current training programme of the Royal College of Pathologists. This demands attention because in relation to patients and doctors, the risk reduction approach is a fundamental pledge made by the government, the medical profession, and the National Health Service (NHS).2 It is also reflected in the new Clinical Pathology Accreditation guidelines, which focus on continual improvement as a central and integral component of laboratory management. These developments have far reaching implications in the context of clinical governance because they ensure that all laboratories have a clear statement of intent
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