e-Learning Venous Thromboembolism (e-VTE) aims to raise awareness of VTE within the medical community, in particular, the hospital setting and to address the challenges VTE presents in the primary care setting. e-VTE has been developed by the Chief Medical Officer’s Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) Implementation Working Group in partnership with e-Learning for Healthcare.
Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) is a significant patient safety issue which causes an estimated 25,000 potentially avoidable deaths each year in hospitals in England. That's approximately five times the total number of deaths from hospital-acquired infection.
e-VTE will help improve understanding, enabling clinicians to take appropriate action in assessing the risk of VTE for an individual and then advise appropriate preventative measures.
For more information about VTE prevention visit the Department of Health website or follow this link:
http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publichealth/Healthprotection/Bloodsafety/
VenousThromboembolismVTE/index.htm
For details on how to access e-VTE and to register your details visit Access the e-learning
