The purpose of this (1) hour course is to inform healthcare workers about the risks related to the administration of heparin and strategies to reduce the volume of adverse drug reactions related to heparin administration. Given the severity of the consequences of heparin errors, it is important that nurses adhere to standard medication safety procedures prior to administering heparin and other high alert drugs.

By the end of this course, you will have the skills to:

✔️ Discuss heparin’s effect on the clotting cascade.

✔️ Differentiate unfractionated heparin and low molecular weight heparin.

✔️ Discuss the importance of heparin administration protocol use.

✔️ Identify adverse drug events related to heparin administration and treatment of the ADE.