Pharmacists made 150,000 patient interventions during anticoagulant safety audits, report finds

The results of the two national audits revealed a significant increase in patients with a yellow anticoagulant alert card, from 66.5% in 2021/2023 to 73.3% in 2023/2024.
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The audits revealed that one in five patients were still unaware of the symptoms of over-anticoagulation

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Community pharmacists in England made almost 150,000 interventions with patients taking oral anticoagulants, as part of two national anticoagulant audits aimed at identifying and addressing medication issues that could increase the risk of bleeding and harm to patients.

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