Direct oral anticoagulants: new drugs with practical problems. How can nurses help prevent patient harm? | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Direct oral anticoagulants: new drugs with practical problems. How can nurses help prevent patient harm? | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

• Commentary
 
• Published February 2016

Direct oral anticoagulants: new drugs with practical problems. How can nurses help prevent patient harm?

Barras MA, Hughes D, Ullner M. Nurs Health Sci. 2016 Feb 2; [Epub ahead of print].

Anticoagulants are high-alert medications that require regular monitoring and adjustments to ensure prescriptions are safe for patients. This commentary discusses how multidisciplinary team management for patients using oral anticoagulants can help reduce risk of adverse events.

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