| Subject: | TJC Issues Sentinel Event Alert About The Dangers Associated With Anticoagulants |
| Category: | The Joint Commission (TJC)
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| Published: | Wed, 24 Sep 2008 - 07:00 pm |
| The Joint Commission has issued a Sentinel Event Aert about the dangers associated with anticoagulants. Sentinel Event Issue 41 provides strategies for preventing errors with anticoagulant use. According to TJC, anticoagulants are among the top five drug types associated with patient safety incidents in the United StatesContributing factors to errors associated with anticoagulant use include:Lack of standardization in the naming, labeling and packaging of anticoagulant... The full article is available to StayAlert subscribers. Click here for a free trial subscription. |
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