Top 2 Strategies to Strengthen Your OR-SPD Relationship
Behind the double doors of the sterile processing department, crucial practices ensure surgery readiness and patient safety. Learn strategies for achieving similar success.
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By: Periop Today
Published: 3/8/2023
The updated AORN Guideline for Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) provides recommendations on creating and implementing a protocol to prevent VTE, including deep vein thrombosis (DVT), via mechanical and pharmacologic prophylaxis.
It also provides guidance on preventing pulmonary embolism resulting from deep vein thrombosis. DVTs can travel to the lungs, becoming a life-threatening pulmonary embolism. As patient safety is paramount, all perioperative nurses need to be aware of these updates.
New Recommendations
NEW: Evaluate the feasibility of implementing a nurse-driven protocol to improve adherence to mechanical VTE prophylaxis. 1.4.
EXPLANATION:
NEW: The individual preoperative VTE risk assessment should be initiated in advance of the day of surgery. 2.1.1.
EXPLANATION:
NEW: Use a standardized, validated VTE risk assessment tool. 2.2.
EXPLANATION:
NEW: Ask the patient about religious or cultural concerns with pharmacologic VTE prophylaxis. 3.2.1.
EXPLANATION:
NEW: Instruct the patient to perform foot and ankle exercises. 4.6.
NEW: Begin patient education about VTE prevention before surgery. 6.1.2.
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