Anticoagulant-Related Adverse Drug Reaction Prevention Policy

Anti-Coagulant-Related Adverse

Drug Reaction Prevention Policy

FACT SHEET

What Is an Anticoagulant-Related Adverse Drug Reaction?

What is Adverse-Drug Reaction?

Definition of Adverse Drug Reaction

An adverse drug reaction is an injury that
occurred to a patient following their
exposure to a medication.

Standardized Dosing and Technology-Based Measures

• Alternative Resolution Option

One Having standardized
dosing protocols can minimize
the adverse-drug reaction
errors as the clinicians can
access the dosage measures
through electronic medical
records.

Anticoagulant-Related Risks

• An Anti-coagulant-related adverse drug reaction can be an
overdosage of an anticoagulant that can cause bleeding or
too little that can cause clotting (Johns Hopkins Nursing,
2011).

Importance of Anticoagulant-Related Adverse Drug Reaction Prevention

• Research shows that 70% of the anticoagulant-associated
drug reactions in a hospital set-up are preventable, basis
which it is advised to make such policies in place that can
reduce medical errors if appropriate measures are taken.

• An anticoagulant-related adverse drug reaction policy
would prevent nursing and pharmacy costs and also
enhance patient safety and reduce such adverse-drug
reaction events.

Primary Resolution

Primarily,
pharmacist-managed
anticoagulation services in
the in-patient settings can
result in fewer errors, better
prescription practices and
improved patient-monitoring
practices.

- The technology-based
measures such as physician
order entry, bar code scanning
and dose range checking
measures, can be of great
significance in reducing
medication errors with
anticoagulants (Nutescu et al.,
2013; Piazza et al., 2011).

• Alternative Resolution Option

Two Another alternative
resolution policy entails
training of staff and patient
education facilitation about
anticoagulant drug usage.
These include, both the
training of nursing staff,
physicians and pharmacists, as
well as taking consent from
the patient and families on the
anti-coagulant drug usage
(Nutescu et al., 2013).

✦ The resolution of the issue
through pharmacist-assisted
dosages, clinician dosimeters,
and facilitation of training of
the clinical staff should be
encouraged to achieve
reduction in
anti-coagulation-related
adverse drug reactions;

Nursing Ethical Principles

✦ The ANA code of ethics;
Autonomy, Justice,
Beneficence and
Non-Maleficence should be
followed by the Nurses

✦ Healthcare personnel,
including physicians, nursing
staff, and pharmacy staff

✦ Patients and their families

✦ Hospital Administration

✦ Nursing Administration

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