418331

Developing Venous Thromboembolism prevention program: A comprehensive systematic approach

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Last updated: 29 Mar 2025

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Public health & Family medicine.

Abstract

Background: Venous thromboembolism (VTE) prevention considered as one of the patient safety priorities that need measuring and reporting considered. Aim of the study: This research serves as guide for providing principles for effective designing, implementing, and monitoring of VTE prevention programs for inpatients in secondary level care hospitals. Subjects and methods: Quantitative and qualitative study was used to design and develop quality improvement framework that develop a rubric VTE prevention program.. Results: The initial baseline assessment revealed suboptimal practice of VTE prevention. It followed by developing (1) documentation of a standardized VTE risk assessment upon admission (2) Local unified protocol and process map for assessing inpatients and prescription of optimal VTE prophylaxis. (3) Set of metrics were developed for monitoring purpose. It included the categories of measures needed to be collected with their specific collection time. Conclusion: Collaborative team efforts and supportive leadership were the cornerstone of development of successful standardized guidance for VTE risk assessment and prevention.

DOI

10.21608/fumj.2025.328565.1409

Keywords

Quality improvement, safety, design

Authors

First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

Al-muhameed

MiddleName

Adel

Affiliation

Department of hematology, Farwaniya hospital, Ministry of health, Kuwait,

Email

mohammadkwt@gmail.com

City

Kuwait

Orcid

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First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

Al Rashidi

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

- Consultant of family medicine, Deputy director of Farwaniya hospital, Farwaniya hospital, Ministry of health, Kuwait

Email

alrashidi_mb@hotmail.com

City

Kuwait

Orcid

-

First Name

Naela

Last Name

Al-Mazeedi

MiddleName

Eisa

Affiliation

Head of internal medicine department, Farwaniya hospital, Ministry of health, Kuwait,

Email

hoimdrfw@moh.gov.kw

City

Kuwait

Orcid

-

First Name

Ali

Last Name

Aljeraiwi

MiddleName

Ahmed

Affiliation

Department of hematology, Farwaniya hospital, Ministry of health, Kuwait

Email

aalijeraiwi@hotmail.com

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Soniya

Last Name

Thomas

MiddleName

Andrew

Affiliation

Department of hematology, Farwaniya hospital, Ministry of health, Kuwait

Email

soniyathomas2006@yahoo.com

City

Kuwait

Orcid

-

First Name

Lamia

Last Name

Ali

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Gamma square

Email

laa01@fayoum.edu.eg

City

Fayoum

Orcid

0000-0002-2351-0519

Volume

14

Article Issue

3

Related Issue

54602

Issue Date

2025-03-01

Receive Date

2024-10-15

Publish Date

2025-03-20

Page Start

20

Page End

39

Print ISSN

2536-9474

Online ISSN

2536-9482

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418,331

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Full Length research Papers

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353

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Publication Title

Fayoum University Medical Journal

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https://fumj.journals.ekb.eg/

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Developing Venous Thromboembolism prevention program: A comprehensive systematic approach

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Article

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29 Mar 2025