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December 8, 2025Blood

A quality improvement project to optimize VTE prophylaxis in surgical patients

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AAAimn W AbdujawadARAbdulrahman Al RaizahAHAyman Hejazi

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Overview

Quality improvement project enhanced adherence to VTE prophylaxis in surgical patients, suggesting better patient safety outcomes.

Key Points

  • To improve VTE prophylaxis appropriateness in surgical patients through quality improvement interventions.
  • Implemented across three hospitals under the National Guard Health Affairs in Riyadh
  • Conducted targeted education sessions for surgical teams
  • Integrated a decision-support alert in the electronic health record
  • Appropriateness of VTE prophylaxis increased from 37.8% to 54.8% after the intervention
  • Improved adherence showed statistical significance (p < 0.0001)
  • Triggered special cause variation indicated sustained improvement through SPC charts.

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Abdujawad et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69362f4b4fa91c937236d7b5https://doi.org/10.1182/blood-2025-2617
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