Blog Post: Eight New Anticoagulants Added to NPSG
Nurse Leader Insider, December 27, 2018
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The Joint Commission announced revisions to its anticoagulant therapy National Patient Safety Goal (NPSG) on December 7. NPSG 03.05.01 has eight new Elements of Performance (EPs). The accreditor wrote that the changes are a response to a rise in adverse drug events tied to direct oral anticoagulants.
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