Venous thromboembolism prophylaxis guideline implementation is improved by nurse directed feedback and audit

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作者：
Gibbs H. [1 ]
Fletcher J. [2 ]
Blombery P. [3 ]
Collins R. [4 ]
Wheatley D. [5 ]
机构：
[1] Director of Cardiology, Lismore Base Hospital, Lismore
[2] Department of Surgery, Westmead Hospital, Westmead
[3] Honorary Cardiovascular Physician, Heart Centre, The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne
[4] Vascular Medicine Unit, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane
[5] Medical Affairs Clinical Operations, Sanofi aventis australia pty ltd, Maquarie Park
来源：
Thrombosis Journal | / 9卷 / 1期
关键词：
Venous Thromboembolism; Anticoagulant Prophylaxis; Prophylaxis Protocol; Nurse Education Program; Baseline Audit;
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10.1186/1477-9560-9-7
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Background: Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a major health and financial burden. VTE impacts health outcomes in surgical and non-surgical patients. VTE prophylaxis is underutilized, particularly amongst high risk medical patients. We conducted a multicentre clinical audit to determine the extent to which appropriate VTE prophylaxis in acutely ill hospitalized medical patients could be improved via implementation of a multifaceted nurse facilitated educational program.Methods: This multicentre clinical audit of 15 Australian hospitals was conducted in 2007-208. The program incorporated a baseline audit to determine the proportion of patients receiving appropriate VTE prophylaxis according to best practice recommendations issued by the Australian and New Zealand Working Party on the Management and Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism (ANZ-WP recommendations), followed by a 4-month education intervention program and a post intervention audit. The primary endpoint was to compare the proportion of patients being appropriately managed based on their risk profile between the two audits.Results: A total of 8774 patients (audit 1; 4399 and audit 2; 4375) were included in the study, most (82.2% audit 1; and 81.0% audit 2) were high risk based on ANZ-WP recommendations. At baseline 37.9% of high risk patients were receiving appropriate thromboprophylaxis. This increased to 54.1% in the post intervention audit (absolute improvement 16%; 95% confidence interval [CI] 11.7%, 20.5%). As a result of the nurse educator program, the likelihood of high risk patients being treated according to ANZ-WP recommendations increased significantly (OR 1.96; 1.62, 2.37).Conclusion: Utilization of VTE prophylaxis amongst hospitalized medical patients can be significantly improved by implementation of a multifaceted educational program coordinated by a dedicated nurse practitioner. © 2011 Gibbs et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.
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