The CDC has asked hospitals, health systems and other provider organizations to share their best practices for preventing healthcare-associated blood clots, or venous thromboembolism, as a way to discover and increase use of such strategies.
As part of the HA-VTE Prevention Challenge, healthcare systems can submit evidence of successful blood clot prevention programs. A panel of judges from the CDC, the AHRQ and other organizations will evaluate the submissions and choose winners. The winning organizations will be recognized as National HA-VTE Prevention Champions.
"Doctors and nurses in hospitals and other healthcare settings can save lives by implementing the best practices discovered through this challenge," said Tom Frieden, MD, director of the CDC. "Tell us about what you are doing and what's helping prevent blood clots, so we can advance science and save lives together."
Submissions to the HA-VTE Prevention Challenge are being accepted from Nov. 2 through Jan. 10, 2016. Winners will be announced in March of next year.
Find more information on the challenge here.