September 6, 2016

AHRQ updates guidelines for preventing hospital-associated VTE

By: Judy Mathias
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Editor's Note

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has updated its “Preventing hospital-associated venous thromboembolism [VTE]: A guide for effective quality improvement.” The guidelines were originally published in 2008.

The update includes:

  • new and improved metrics for tracking the adequacy of VTE prophylaxis
  • good and bad aspects of implementing electronic health records
  • more examples of tools to illustrate clinical decision support
  • lessons learned from starting, implementing, evaluating, and sustaining a VTE prevention strategy. 

 

AHRQPulmonary embolism resulting from deep vein thrombosis-collectively referred to as venous thromboembolism-is the most common preventable cause of hospital death. Pharmacologic methods to prevent venous thromboembolism are safe, effective, cost-effective, and advocated by authoritative guidelines, yet large prospective studies continue to demonstrate that these preventive methods are significantly underused.

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