The CSPS endorses perioperative prophylaxis (pharmacological and mechanical) to prevent thromboembolism (VTE) for all patients at-risk. (Adopted 7.15.07, modified 2.25.09)

• The Surgical Care Improvement Project (SCIP)

• AHRQ: Preventing Hospital-Associated Venous Thromboembolism

• Prevention of venous thromboembolism: the Seventh American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) Conference on Antithrombotic and Thrombolytic Therapy

• American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN) Practice Alert: Deep Vein Thrombosis Prevention

• National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE): Reducing the Risk of Venous Thromboembolism in Inpatients Undergoing Surgery

• AST: Recommended Standards of Practice for Safe Use of Pneumatic Tourniquets