The national patient safety goal chosen for this assignment is to “reduce the likelihood of patient harm associated with the use of anticoagulant therapy.” This goal is listed in the Joint Commission’s 2017 Hospital National Patient Safety Goals. To find the guidelines associated with this endeavor searches were completed in CINAHL, Medline, and the National Guideline Clearninghouse using the search terms guideline, guidelines, clinical practice guidelines, anticoagulation, and safety. Furthermore, the results were narrowed to information published in the past decade. The most applicable results are found in the National Guideline Clearninghouse database. One specific guideline is difficult to choose because the results are broken down by the
