The setting up and implementation of a venous thromboembolism prophylaxis policy in clinical hospital practice

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 113-117

  McCarthy, M J ^a,b   Byrne, G ^a   Silverman, S H ^a  

^a CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical management policy; Prospective clinical audit; Venous thromboembolism prophylaxis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL STAFF; POLICY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD; THROMBOEMBOLISM; UNITED KINGDOM;

GREAT BRITAIN; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 0032057743     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.1998.00005.x     Document Type: Article

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