Pharmacist Driven Heparin Drip Protocol

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Caitlin Wells
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Pharmacist Driven Heparin Drip Protocol

We recently had our Joint Commission survey and one of the surveyors mentioned that she is seeing a move towards pharmacist driven heparin protocols. She stated that more than half of the hospitals she has visited have switched to this. Our current heparin protocol is nurse driven. How many people utilize a pharmacist driven heparin drip protocol and have you seen major improvements with that? Does anyone have some examples they can share? Thanks!

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