Anticoagulation

Anticoagulation provides a key patient safety issue. Anticoagulants  are one of the classes of medicines most frequently identified as causing preventable harm and admission to hospital (NPSA 2007) and present a major challenge to ward staff in the maintenance of therapeutic levels.

We offer a course that has been specifically designed to help health professionals working in secondary care to examine and enhance their practice to ensure that it meets the standards required by the NPSA and BSH.

An example of a classroom based course we have designed and delivered for our clients

Title

Maintaining safe practice in anticoagulation

Target Audience   

Healthcare professionals working in secondary care

Aim                    

To explore key factors influencing the care and management of people requiring anticoagulation and the maintenance of best practice in secondary care.   

Key Content

1. •Conditions requiring anticoagulation 
   

2. •Understanding laboratory monitoring in anticoagulation 
   

3. •Anticoagulation therapies and their impact on current practice 
   

4. •Patient safety and safe discharge into the community