Successful Implementation of a Comprehensive Anticoagulation Safety Program

Anticoagulants have been identified as one of the top five medication classes associated with patient safety incidents in the United States. Continuum Health Partners' anticoagulation safety taskforce established a comprehensive anticoagulation safety program with the goal of reducing harm surrounding the use of the three most commonly used anticoagulants (heparin, warfarin and enoxaparin) at the health system's five hospital sites.