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Specialty Laboratory can help your hospital establish policies designed to reduce adverse events due to anticoagulation therapy.
Warfarin is an anti-coagulant widely used for the prevention of thromboembolic events, but it is associated with about 29,000 emergency department visits per year for bleeding complications. It has a particularly narrow therapeutic window where for one individual, a too-high dose, which can bring about hemorrhage, is not very different from a too-low dose, which lead to thrombotic episodes. Furthermore, the correct dose varies widely between individuals – by as much as 150 fold. It can take many months to achieve stable dosing, with patients at risk for excessive bleeding or ineffective clot control during that time
For more information please call client services at 800.421.4449 or click on the Warfarin Sensitivity DetectR™ Packet link. Mark your calendar for a CME program on Warfarin dosing November 13th 9am pacific time.
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