2017 ISMP Medication Safety Self Assessment® for Antithrombotic Therapy in Hospitals.

Measurement Tool/Indicator

2017 ISMP Medication Safety Self Assessment® for Antithrombotic Therapy in Hospitals.

May 11, 2017

Horsham, PA: Institute for Safe Medication Practices; March 2017.

This tool provides institutions with the capacity to assess use of antithrombotic agents, submit data to the Institution for Safe Medication Practices for self-assessment scores, compare practices with other hospitals, and allow the development of an ongoing progress report.

Available at

Related Resources From the Same Author(s)

ISMP's Guidelines for Standard Order Sets.

March 31, 2010

ISMP Medication Safety Self Assessment for High-Alert Medications.

October 4, 2017

2017 ISMP Medication Safety Self Assessment for Community/Ambulatory Pharmacy.

March 6, 2005

ISMP Guidelines for Optimizing Safe Subcutaneous Insulin Use in Adults.

June 7, 2017

ISMP Guidelines for Optimizing Safe Implementation and Use of Smart Infusion Pumps.

March 4, 2020

ISMP Long-Term Care Advise-ERR.

July 24, 2013

ISMP QuarterWatch Reports.

January 28, 2009

ISMP Gap Analysis Tool (GAT) for Safe IV Push Medication Practices.

December 5, 2018

The Case for Medication Safety Officers (MSO).

August 22, 2018

ISMP List of High-Alert Medications in Community/Ambulatory Healthcare.

October 1, 2021

High-Alert Medication Learning Guides for Consumers.

December 5, 2012

Root Cause Analysis Workbook for Community/Ambulatory Pharmacy.

March 23, 2016

Targeted Medication Safety Best Practices for Hospitals.

February 2, 2022

10 Medication Safety Tips for Hospitalized Patients.

September 25, 2019

Guidance for the Safe Use of Automated Dispensing Cabinets.

May 7, 2019

ISMP's List of High-Alert Medications in Acute Care Settings.

August 23, 2018

ISMP Guidelines for Safe Electronic Communication of Medication Information.

February 6, 2019

ISMP Targeted Medication Safety Best Practices for Community Pharmacy.

April 19, 2023

2011 ISMP Medication Safety Self Assessment for Hospitals.

May 4, 2011

ISMP's List of Confused Drug Names.

July 26, 2023

ISMP List of Error-Prone Abbreviations, Symbols, and Dose Designations.

February 12, 2021

Severe hyperglycemia in patients incorrectly using insulin pens at home.

October 25, 2017

Guidelines for Adult IV Push Medications.

February 11, 2015

Potentially dangerous confusion between Bloxiverz (neostigmine) injection and Vazculep (phenylephrine) injection.

April 1, 2015

ISMP List of High-Alert Medications in Long-Term Care (LTC) Settings.

May 17, 2021

Safe handling of concentrated electrolyte products from outsourcing facilities during critical drug shortages.

June 13, 2018

Move toward full use of metric dosing: eliminate dosage cups that measure liquids in fluid drams. Use cups that measure mL.

July 8, 2015

Potential inaccuracy of electronically transmitted medication history information used for medication reconciliation.

February 26, 2014

Age-related COVID-19 vaccine mix-ups.

December 15, 2021

FDA and ISMP Lists of Look-Alike Drug Names With Recommended Tall Man Letters.

January 26, 2023

Consumer Safe Medicine.

March 6, 2005

ISMP Medication Safety Alert!® Nurse-Advise ERR.

March 6, 2005

ISMP Guidelines for Sterile Compounding and the Safe Use of Sterile Compounding Technology.

May 4, 2022

ISMP Guidelines for Safe Medication Use in Perioperative and Procedural Settings.

August 24, 2022

ISMP Survey on High-Alert Medications in Acute Care Settings.

September 11, 2023

ISMP Medication Safety Alert® Acute Care Edition.

April 3, 2005

ISMP Medication Safety Alert. Community/Ambulatory Care Edition.

April 3, 2005

2012 ISMP International Medication Safety Self Assessment for Oncology.

April 18, 2012

Institute for Safe Medication Practices International Mentorship Program.

February 1, 2022 - March 8, 2022

ISMP National Vaccine Errors Reporting Program.

December 18, 2013

ISMP survey on tall man (mixed case) lettering to reduce drug name confusion.

November 16, 2022

ISMP Medication Safety Self Assessment® for Perioperative Settings.

January 25, 2022

Disrespectful behavior in your workplace.

April 13, 2022

Fellowships and Mentorships Program.

February 8, 2023

ISMP Medication Errors Reporting Program.

November 30, 2005

Judy Smetzer Just Culture Champion Scholarships.

August 16, 2023

ISMP Cheers Awards.

June 5, 2023

Consumermedsafety.org

September 8, 2022

Deep Dive: Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health and Healthcare.

November 16, 2022

ISMP Survey on IV Push Medication Practices.

August 15, 2018

ISMP Survey on Drug Shortages.

September 13, 2017

ISMP Survey on Verbal Orders.

January 25, 2017

ISMP Follow-up Survey on Smart Pump Data Usage.

March 21, 2018

ISMP Survey on Texting Medical Orders.

July 19, 2017

ISMP Statement on Use of Metric Measurements to Prevent Errors with Oral Liquids.

December 14, 2011

ISMP Survey on the Common Use of Medication-related Metrics.

May 13, 2015

ISMP Announces 10th Annual Cheers Awards Recipients.

November 21, 2007

How to Prevent Medication Errors.

March 6, 2005

ISMP Survey on the 2022-2023 Targeted Medication Safety Best Practices for Hospitals.

June 21, 2023

Enhancing Your Medication Error Reporting Program to Improve Global Medication Safety.

August 19, 2020

Important Actions Community Pharmacists Need to Take Now to Reduce Potentially Harmful Dispensing Errors.

October 26, 2021 - October 26, 2021

SafeMedicationUse.ca.

July 28, 2010

Diversion is a Threat to Patient Safety: Adopting Best Practices.

April 6, 2022 - April 6, 2022

FDA/ISMP Safe Medication Management Fellowship Program.

February 8, 2023

Medication safety issues with newly authorized PAXLOVID.

January 12, 2022

Fluorouracil Incident Root Cause Analysis Report.

June 6, 2007

Medication Safety Certificate Program.

August 24, 2022

Draft Guidelines for the Safe Communication of Electronic Medication Information.

September 16, 2015

Lessons Learned about Human Fallibility, System Design, and Justice in the Aftermath of a Fatal Medication Error.

May 6, 2022 - May 6, 2022

Looking Collectively at Risk.

March 6, 2005

Leading a Strategic Planning Effort.

March 6, 2005

ISMP Medication Safety Intensive.

October 4, 2023 - October 5, 2023

Pathways for Patient Safety.

February 11, 2009

Medication Safety During the COVID-19 Pandemic: What Have We Learned in the United States.

June 23, 2020

Warning! Severe burns and permanent scarring after glacial acetic acid (≥99.5%) mistakenly applied topically.

February 6, 2013

EPINEPHrine pre-filled syringe shortage.

June 30, 2010

Dangerous wrong-route errors with tranexamic acid.

September 30, 2020

Oral Dosage Forms that Should Not Be Crushed.

December 6, 2006

Call to Action: Preventable Health Care Harm Is a Public Health Crisis and Patient Safety Requires a Coordinated Public Health Response.

March 22, 2017

Best Practices in Patient Safety: 2nd Global Ministerial Summit on Patient Safety.

April 5, 2017

A Framework for Safe, Reliable, and Effective Care.

February 15, 2017

Closing the Loop: A Guide to Safer Ambulatory Referrals in the EHR Era.

December 13, 2017

Optimizing a Business Case for Safe Health Care: An Integrated Approach to Safety and Finance.

July 12, 2017

Principles for Improving Patient Safety Measurement Webinar

March 4, 2020

Mail service and community pharmacies must work in tandem.

November 30, 2005

Quality standards for safe medication in nursing homes: development through a multistep approach including a Delphi consensus study.

October 27, 2021

Review of medication error sources associated with inpatient subcutaneous insulin: recommendations for safe and cost-effective dispensing practices.

August 24, 2022

IHI Framework for Improving Joy in Work.

August 9, 2017

Patient Safety in the Home: Assessment of Issues, Challenges, and Opportunities.

September 6, 2017

Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs: Evidence-based Practices to Optimize Prescriber Use.

February 8, 2017

Improving Patient Care Through Safe Health IT.

January 17, 2018

Patient Safety in the Office-Based Practice Setting.

November 15, 2017

A scoping review of non-professional medication practices and medication safety outcomes during public health emergencies.

January 25, 2023

Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns.

March 13, 2023

Two words can soothe patients who have been harmed: we're sorry.

March 29, 2017

Impact of Medical Errors and Malpractice on Health Economics, Quality, and Patient Safety.

April 26, 2017

Canada continues to lag behind other OECD countries on measures of patient safety

December 4, 2019

Effective Reporting Could Improve Safe Use of Electronic Health Records.

April 1, 2020

One & Only Campaign.

March 2, 2011

Adverse health events related to self-medication practices among elderly: a systematic review.

May 31, 2017

Related Resources

ISMP Survey on High-Alert Medications in Acute Care Settings.

September 11, 2023

Annual Perspective

Improving Diagnostic Safety and Quality

April 26, 2023

ISMP Targeted Medication Safety Best Practices for Community Pharmacy.

April 19, 2023

National Patient Safety Goals.

December 20, 2022

ISMP Medication Safety Self Assessment® for Perioperative Settings.

January 25, 2022

Direct oral anticoagulant-related medication incidents and pharmacists' interventions in hospital in-patients: evaluation using Reason's accident causation theory.

December 22, 2021

Patterns in outpatient benzodiazepine prescribing in the United States.

February 13, 2019

ISMP Follow-up Survey on Smart Pump Data Usage.

March 21, 2018

Our other prescription drug problem.

March 14, 2018

ISMP Medication Safety Self Assessment for High-Alert Medications.

October 4, 2017

A randomized controlled trial on the effect of a double check on the detection of medication errors.

August 23, 2017

Identifying high-alert medications in a university hospital by applying data from the medication error reporting system.

August 16, 2017

High-risk medications in hospitalized elderly adults: are we making it easy to do the wrong thing?

February 1, 2017

Request for comments on the proposed measures and 2020 targets for the National Action Plan for Adverse Drug Event Prevention: inpatient and outpatient measures for reduction of adverse drug events from anticoagulants, diabetes agents, and opioid analgesics.

November 2, 2016

Common Formats for Event Reporting.

April 20, 2016

Patient Safety Project 2015–2017.

January 27, 2016

Dementia and risk of adverse warfarin-related events in the nursing home setting.

November 21, 2012

2012 ISMP International Medication Safety Self Assessment for Oncology.

April 18, 2012

Anticoagulation-associated adverse drug events.

December 14, 2011

Emergency hospitalizations for adverse drug events in older Americans.

December 7, 2011

Ambulatory surgery facilities: a comprehensive review of medication error reports in Pennsylvania.

September 14, 2011

Accountability for medical error: moving beyond blame to advocacy.

August 17, 2011

An in-depth analysis of medication errors in hospitalized patients with HIV.

May 18, 2011

2011 ISMP Medication Safety Self Assessment for Hospitals.

May 4, 2011

Patterns in nursing home medication errors: disproportionality analysis as a novel method to identify quality improvement opportunities.

December 15, 2010

Common cause analysis.

June 16, 2010

ISMP medication error report analysis.

April 21, 2010

A comparison of voluntarily reported medication errors in intensive care and general care units.

March 24, 2010

ISMP medication error report analysis.

March 10, 2010

ISMP medication error report analysis.

January 20, 2010

See More About The Topic

Hospitals

Health Care Providers

Health Care Executives and Administrators

Specific to High-Risk Drugs

Anticoagulants

2017 ISMP Medication Safety Self Assessment® for Antithrombotic Therapy in Hospitals.

Connect With Us

Sign up for Email Updates

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

2017 ISMP Medication Safety Self Assessment® for Antithrombotic Therapy in Hospitals.

Connect With Us

Sign up for Email Updates

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

PSNet Log in

Submit Your Innovations

Continue as a Guest

Continue Logged In

Submit Your Innovations

Continue as a Guest

Continue logged in

New Users to the PSNet site