"This article focuses on key points of the guideline that address preoperative patient assessment for VTE and bleeding risk, safe use of pharmacologic and mechanical prophylaxis, patient education on prevention and signs and symptoms of VTE, and a quality management program to evaluate VTE prophylaxis outcomes and protocol compliance. "

[https://aornjournal.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/aorn.12146]

By Terri Link, MPH, BSN, CNOR, CIC, FAPIC

Volume 107, Issue 6, p737-748