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 https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg144 |
Preventing VTE in Hospitals Improvement Collaborative Leaflet: | |
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
https://www.hse.ie/eng/about/who/qid/nationalsafetyprogrammes/medicationsafety/1-hse-preventing-vte-report-2018.pdf |
Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists have produced the following 2 guidelines: |
https://www.rcog.org.uk/en/guidelines-research-services/guidelines/gtg37a/ https://www.rcog.org.uk/en/guidelines-research-services/guidelines/gtg37b/ |
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
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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 |