VTE and bleeding risk assessment
Quality statementAll patients, on admission, receive an assessment of VTE and bleeding riskusing the clinical risk assessment criteria described in the national tool. Quality measureStructureEvidence that patients receive a risk assessment for VTE and bleeding that uses the clinical risk assessment criteria described in the national tool. ProcessProportion of patients assessed on admission for VTE and bleeding risk using the clinical risk assessment criteria described in the national tool. Numerator: the number of patients assessed on admission for VTE and bleeding risk using the clinical risk assessment criteria described in the national tool. Denominator: the number of inpatients and day cases admitted to hospital. Description of what the quality statement means for each audienceService providers ensure patients, on admission, are assessed for risk of VTE and bleeding using the clinical risk assessment criteria described in the national tool. Healthcare professionals assess all patients for risk of VTE and bleeding on admission using the clinical risk assessment criteria described in the national tool. Commissioners ensure services assess all patients for risk of VTE and bleeding on admission using the clinical risk assessment criteria described in the national tool. Patients can expect to have their risk of VTE and bleeding assessed when admitted to hospital using the clinical risk assessment criteria described in the national tool. DefinitionsThis statement applies to all patients admitted to hospital. If the assessment for VTE and bleeding has been done at a pre‑admission clinic, it should be reviewed for changes on admission using the clinical risk assessment criteria described in the national tool. A day case is defined as a patient admitted electively during the course of a day with the intention of receiving care who does not require the use of a hospital bed overnight and who returns home as scheduled. If this original intention is not fulfilled and the patient stays overnight, such a patient should be counted as an ordinary admission. The national tool is the Department of Health's Risk assessment for venous thromboembolism (March 2010). Data sourceStructureLocal data collection. ProcessMandatory national data collection on VTE risk assessment to achieve compliance with the national VTE Commissioning for Quality and Innovation goal set for 2010/11. |
This page was last updated: 22 November 2010
