Reducing harm for patients taking warfarin
To provide a refresher of warfarin management in clinical practice.
To highlight the challenges with warfarin therapy and discuss strategies to improve safety.
To improve knowledge to enable safe warfarin management.
Learning outcomes:
•Describe the challenges and practicalities with warfarin therapy.
•Understand various aspects to warfarin management e.g. over-anticoagulation; optimisation of electronic prescribing, medicines administration systems; community management and high risk areas.
•Discuss safety measures to improve warfarin management in clinical practice.
•Feel confident with warfarin dosing, monitoring and management.