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Organisation: British Society for Haematology

Name

British Society for Haematology

Abbreviation

BSH

Country

United Kingdom

Url

http://www.b-s-h.org.uk/

Projects

• Safety indicators for inpatient and outpatient oral anticoagulant care  (Show related indicators)

  Related Indicators (Hide)

  • Percentage of INRs > 1.0 INR unit below target
  • Percentage of INRs > 5.0
  • Percentage of INRs > 8.0
  • Percentage of patients lost to follow up
  • Percentage of patients suffering adverse outcomes, categorised by type
  • Percentage of patients with inappropriate target INR for diagnosis, high and low
  • Percentage of patients with unknown diagnosis, target INR or stop date
  • Percentage of patients without appropriate written clinical information
  • Percentage of patients without written patient educational information
  • Proportion of patient-time in range
  • Percentage (incidence) of patients suffering a major bleed in first month of therapy and percentage suffering major bleed with INR above therapeutic range
  • Percentage of new referrals to anticoagulant service with incomplete information
  • Percentage of patients developing INR > 5.0 within first 2 months of therapy
  • Percentage of patients following a loading protocol appropriate to indication for anticoagulation
  • Percentage of patients in therapeutic range at discharge
  • Percentage of patients that were discharged from hospital without an appointment for next INR measurement or for consultation with appropriate health care professional
  • Percentage of patients that were not issued with patient held information and written dose instructions at start of therapy
  • Percentage of patients with subtherapeutic INR when heparin stopped

Publications

• Safety indicators for inpatient and outpatient oral anticoagulant care: Recommendations from the British Committee for Standards in Haematology and National Patient Safety Agency