Patient Safety Alert 24: Periprocedural Management of Anticoagulation Therapy (PDF)
The AMC PSO recently convened to discuss this high-risk area and important patient safety issue, the contributing factors often associated with this medication event type, and the strategies to proactively mitigate this risk.
Risks
Fluctuating diagnostic evaluations and their impact on anticoagulation administration can add to the patient risk profile:

Library of All AMC PSO Patient Safety Alerts
For even more patient safety alert material, please review our series of AMC PSO Patient Safety Alerts to understand the variety of topics covered by our members. AMC PSO makes patient safety learnings available to the public as part of CRICO’s ongoing commitment towards improving patient safety across the continuum of care.
