Checking into the hospital? Don’t check out with a blood clot!

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Checking into the hospital? Don’t check out with a blood clot!

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National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). Division of Blood Disorders.
Description:

Did you know that getting a blood clot from a hospitalization, surgery, or other healthcare treatment or procedure (called healthcare-associated venous thromboembolism or HA-VTE for short) is a significant, costly and growing public health problem? It is! But it is also preventable!

Become familiar with the terminology used to discuss blood clots. Learn the facts about HA-VTE and what you can do to prevent it from happening to you or someone you care about.

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CS259228

dvt-bloodclot-factsheet-508.pdf
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Hospitalization Risk Factors Venous Thromboembolism/prevention & Control Venous Thrombosis/prevention & Control
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Pamphlet (or booklet)
Genre:

Fact Sheet
Pages in Document:

2 numbered pages
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Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
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urn:sha256:2d3c359660ab9fac87595acd67b0c9fdfa6d660fa21a7eceef41f3c22d32e33c
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https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/34878/cdc_34878_DS1.pdf
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[PDF - 878.78 KB ]

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English

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