Literature

Medication Safety Improvement Programme - Safer Meds Ireland from the HSE web site:	https://www.hse.ie/eng/about/who/qid/nationalsafetyprogrammes/medicationsafety
NICE guidelines on the management and prevention of VTE can be found via these links:	https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng89 Venous thromboembolism in over 16s: reducing the risk of hospital-acquired deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg144 Venous thromboembolic diseases: diagnosis, management and thrombophilia testing
Preventing VTE in Hospitals Improvement Collaborative Leaflet:	https://www.hse.ie/eng/about/who/qid/nationalsafetyprogrammes/medicationsafety/preventingvtehospitalsimprovementcollaborativeleaflet%20.pdf
As part of the Safermeds Medication Safety Improvement Programme in Ireland, the HSE Quality Improvement Division introduced Preventing VTE in Hospitals Improvement Collaborative in 2016. Details can be found here:	https://www.hse.ie/eng/about/who/qid/nationalsafetyprogrammes/medicationsafety/preventing-vte-in-hospitals-improvement-collaborative.html Preventing Blood Clots in Hospitals Improvement Collaborative Report https://www.hse.ie/eng/about/who/qid/nationalsafetyprogrammes/medicationsafety/1-hse-preventing-vte-report-2018.pdf National Recommendations and Improvement Toolkit
Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists have produced the following 2 guidelines:	https://www.rcog.org.uk/en/guidelines-research-services/guidelines/gtg37a/ Thrombosis and Embolism during Pregnancy and the Puerperium, Reducing the Risk (Green-top Guideline No. 37a) https://www.rcog.org.uk/en/guidelines-research-services/guidelines/gtg37b/ Thrombosis and Embolism during Pregnancy and the Puerperium, the Acute Management of (Green-top Guideline No. 37b)
Institute of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (Royal College of Physicians in Ireland):	https://rcpi-live-cdn.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/15.-Venous-Thromboprophylaxis-in-Pregnancy.pdf Local Clinical Guidelines

There are also relevant international guidelines to follow.

ESC diagnosis and management of acute PE:

https://www.escardio.org/Guidelines/Clinical-Practice-Guidelines/Acute-Pulmonary-Embolism-Diagnosis-and-Management-of

Current ACCP guidelines:

http://www.chestnet.org/Guidelines-and-Resources/CHEST-Guideline-Topic-Areas/Pulmonary-Vascular