Impact of the DoH Commissioning for Quality and Innovation incentive on the success of venous thromboembolism risk assessment

"We achieved 95% RA [Risk Assessment] compliance which has favourably impacted on our daily practice and improved the quality of the clinical care."
The impact of the DoH Commissioning for Quality and Innovation incentive on the success of venous thromboembolism risk assessment in hospitalised patients. 
A Shlebak, P Sandhu, V Ali, G Jones, C Baker
Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine Open June 2016 vol. 7 no. 6 2054270416632702

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Introduction of a Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis Protocol for Older Adult Psychiatric Patients

"Overall the results have shown that introduction of a VTE prophylaxis assessment protocol on an Older Adult Psychiatric ward has increased the number of patients that received a VTE risk assessment."

Introduction of a Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis Protocol for Older Adult Psychiatric Patients
A Croxford, A Clare, K McCurdy
BMJ Quality Improvement Reports 2015;4: doi:10.1136/bmjquality.u205852.w3226

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Improving venous thromboembolism (VTE) prophylaxis in acute urological admissions

"The aim of our quality improvement programme (QIP) was to monitor our practice regarding VTE prophylaxis of the patients' admitted urgently in our department, and then implement a measure to increase compliance if found to be poor."

Improving venous thromboembolism (VTE) prophylaxis in acute urological admissions during out of hours through the introduction of a urological admission proforma

E Gerakopoulos
BMJ Quality Improvement Reports 2015;4: doi:10.1136/bmjquality.u206418.w2677

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Improving the compliance of extended venous thromboembolism prophylaxis following cancer resections

"Visual reminder is a simple yet effective tool to improve awareness among junior doctors on the importance of extended venous thromboembolism prophylaxis in cancer patients."

A persuasive intervention: improving the compliance of extended venous thromboembolism prophylaxis following cancer resections in a tertiary colorectal and hepatobiliary unit
YP Yong, A Karangizi, A Banerjea
BMJ Quality Improvement Reports 2014;3: doi:10.1136/bmjquality.u202594.w2216

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Educational outreach visits to improve venous thromboembolism prevention in hospitalised medical patients

"Educational outreach visiting is effective at improving doctors' provision of pharmacological VTE prophylaxis to hospitalised medical patients. It was also found to be an acceptable implementation strategy by the majority of participants; however, it was resource intensive requiring on average 92 minutes per visit."

Educational outreach visits to improve venous thromboembolism prevention in hospitalised medical patients: a prospective before-and-after intervention study
J Duff, A Omari, S Middleton, E McInnes, K Walker
BMC Health Services Research, 2013, 13:398

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Implementation of nice guidance on venous thromboembolism risk assessment and prophylaxis

"Our results show an improvement in the percentage of patients who are risk assessed for VTE across all hospitals."

The implementation of nice guidance on venous thromboembolism risk assessment and prophylaxis: a before-after observational study to assess the impact on patient safety across four hospitals in England
AG Bateman, R Sheaff, S Child, O Boiko, OC Ukoumunne, T Nokes, A Copplestone, CA Gericke
BMC Health Services Research, 2013, 13:203

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'Harm free' care

This initiative is the national roll out of the pilot Safety Express QIPP programme. 'Harm free' care is defined by the absence of pressure ulcers, falls, urinary catheters, and venous thromboembolism, and this collection of resources and case studies has been developed to reduce these incidents.

Find out more and access all the resources here.

eLearning resources to improve patient care

The NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement has formed a joint venture with Virtual College to develop the Productives e-learning suite. This suite is designed for staff, team leaders, programme managers and leaders to help them use The Productive Series: Releasing Time to Care (TM) programme. Read more here.

eLearning for Healthcare has developed "e-learning for Harm Free Care", an online educational resource designed to support frontline teams in delivering harm free care, as defined by an absence of four common harms: pressure ulcers, harm from falls, catheter acquired urinary tract infections (CaUTI) and venous thromboembolism (VTE).

Find out more here.

Educating surgical patients to reduce the risk of venous thromboembolism

"A simple method of introducing patient education at pre-assessment clinic and as part of their discharge planning, for major elective surgery, is an effective system in improving patient understanding of VTE, its risk factors and the importance of prophylaxis."


Educating surgical patients to reduce the risk of venous thromboembolism: an audit of an effective strategy
H Sadideen, JM O'Callaghan, M Navidi, M Sayegh
Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine Short Reports, 2011, 2(12):97

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