Effectiveness of Interventions for Hospital Medical Thromboprophylaxis: a Bicentric Swiss Quality-improvement Study

Marc Blondon600 enrolled

Overview

The primary objective is to evaluate and compare the short-term and medicum-term effectiveness of 2 types of interventions in 2 different hospitals to improve the adequacy of hospital thromboprophylaxis among acute medical inpatients.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

600

Conditions

Venous Thromboembolism

Interventions

Comprehensive electronic tool in the electronic medical chartOTHER

Use of a comprehensive electronic tool in the electronic medical chart to help the stratification of risk of VTE and the subsequent prescription of an adequate thromboprophylaxis

Educative sessionsOTHER

Educative sessions on thromboprophylaxis

Pocket cardOTHER

Pocket card (guide for thromboprophylaxis)

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * acute medical inpatients hospitalized at the Geneva University Hospitals or the Lugano Regional Hospitals Exclusion Criteria: * patients already on therapeutic anticoagulation * patients with an estimated life expectancy of \<3 months * pregnancy * patients hospitalized for COVID-19

Locations (2)

Geneva University Hospitals

Geneva, Switzerland

RECRUITING

Ospedale Regionale di Lugano

Lugano, Switzerland

RECRUITING

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Proportion of patients with an adequate thromboprophylaxis

Time frame: 90 days

Secondary Outcomes

Incidence of venous thromboembolism

Time frame: 90 days

Incidence of major bleeding

Time frame: 90 days

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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