National Patient Safety Goals (NPSG) (Ambulatory Health Care / Ambulatory Health Care)
Anticoagulation Therapy - Heparin for Subcutaneous Administration and Line Flushes
Publish | January 01, 0001
Does NPSG.03.05.01 include anticoagulant drugs that are not used for therapeutic purposes, such as line maintenance? What about subcutaneous heparin?
No, the requirement only applies to patient's receiving "anticoagulation therapy". Thus, it only applies to patients receiving these drugs for therapeutic purposes, and not for flushes, etc.
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