Minimizing errors of omission: Behavioural rEenforcement of Heparin to Avert Venous Emboli: The BEHAVE Study.

J McMullin; D Cook; L Griffith; E McDonald; F Clarke; G Guyatt; J Gibson; M Crowther

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Minimizing errors of omission: Behavioural rEenforcement of Heparin to Avert Venous Emboli: The BEHAVE Study.

March 8, 2006

McMullin J, Cook D, Griffith L, et al. Crit Care Med. 2006;34(3):694-9.

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The investigators implemented an evidenced-based thromboprophylaxis guideline for medical-surgical intensive care unit patients and found that it significantly altered heparin prescribing behaviors.

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