This will be sent to you every time you have an inr blood test. Each form is available in 2 formats, for those who prefer to keep paper records a pdf version which can be downloaded and printed off. Warfarin is a type of medicine known as an anticoagulant, or blood thinner. In the clinically effective anticoagulation management of patients receiving warfarin. If you take warfarin you should always carry with you the yellow anticoagulant treatment booklet which will be given to you. Ensure that patients on anticoagulant therapy have received appropriate verbal and written information at the start of their therapy, and when necessary throughout their treatment. The care team must seek advice and support from the anticoagulant clinic, or. Monitoring booklets interface pharmacist network specialist. Oral anticoagulant tablets should not be placed into. This may be at an anticoagulant clinic at the hospital, at your doctors surgery, at your local pharmacy or at home by selfmonitoring. Jun 01, 2008 your dr or surgeon should advise you what range your inr should be within. Blood testing for patients on anticoagulant treatment is available from 08. If you have a smart phone you may want to consider using an app that lets you record your inr.
Any other doctor has changed your anticoagulant medication. Anticoagulant clinic at university hospital lewisham. It is good practice for this to be recorded in the patient record. Warfarin dosage can be extremely varied and a patients dose can be found in his or her oral anticoagulant therapy record book, commonly known as the yellow book. New oral anticoagulants apixaban, dabigatran and rivaroxaban. What you need to know about warfarin pharmaceutical journal. You will need to have your blood tested at regular intervals. Practitioners managing oral anticoagulation with warfarin should meet the required competencies. The anticoagulant serviceprescriber must confirm the dose in writingfollowing any inr blood test check. Anticoagulant therapy record book this should be used on. This pack is provided to patients at the start of their treatment, and in most cases is provided by secondary care. From november 2017 the yellow bedfordshirehospitals. All residents taking warfarin must have an individual fully completed yellow book nhs oral anticoagulant therapy important information for prescribers or equivalent anticoagulant clinic record log. For patients taking dabigatran or apixaban you will take one tablet twice a day.
Each form is available in 2 formats, for those who prefer to keep paper records a pdf version which can. Inflexible medicines presentations and arrangements in care homes to. You may either wait to see the clinical nurse specialist in clinic for your result and dose advice, or your book can be returned to you by firstclass post. Yellow anticoagulant therapy record book given to patient. Note that some hospital laboratories, but not all, also issue yellow paper reports specific to inr values. Anticoagulant alert card oral anticoagulant therapy patient information pack. Warfarin is classified as a critical medicine as defined by the national patient safety agency. Its a good idea to take your yellow book with you to all your warfarin appointments. Warfarin forms to record inr and dosage eat on warfarin.
If you have surgery or an invasive test then you may need temporarily to stop taking an anticoagulant. The gp or pharmacist may ask to see the patientheld inr record. For example, herbs with anticoagulant effects such as ginkgo biloba. Oral anticoagulant therapy record book for inr results. Indications for oral anticoagulation bcsh guidelines 1998. The yellow book sometimes in a busy pharmacy it is not practical to ask each and every patient on warfarin if they have there yellow book, and what is their inr, do they have regular tests, etc. Acd solution a consists of trisodium citrate, citric acid and dextrose. Missed doses should be documented in the oral anticoagulant therapy record book and discussed with the anticoagulant clinic at the next appointment. The yellow npsa oral anticoagulant therapy information pack may be used to support patient education in patients prescribed warfarin.
Please bring your yellow oral anticoagulant therapy record book with you to the appointment. The purpose of the yellow oral anticoagulation therapy pack information booklet, record book and alert card and to present the yellow record bookor other patientheld record to healthcare professionals, including pharmacists the implications of having a high or low inr reinforce necessity of monitoring main side e. The directions on the label clearly should be stated take as directed as per inr. Guidance on the safe use of warfarin in primary care. This card tells people that you are taking an anticoagulant medicine. Always bring your yellow anticoagulant therapy record book to the clinic. The bsh and the npsa have updated the patientheld information yellow booklet. Newer types of anticoagulants are also available and are becoming increasingly common. The book is used to record each visit to the hospital, blood test or inr results, the inr range and the dose of warfarin you need to give your child. Patients receiving warfarin are issued with a patient held yellow book which is a record of blood monitoring and dosing regimen and also acts as an alert to healthcare professionals. Read the patients notes, previous prescription and protocol, check anticoagulant record book yellow book and identify any special instructions. Where necessary, the care team must update the patientheld record of anticoagulant treatment the yellow book.
Anticoagulant therapy information pack this contains. Anticoagulants are medicines that increase the time it takes for blood to clot. If you want to selfmonitor you should discuss this with your current provider of your anticoagulant. The yellow record book used by anticoagulant clinics can be used by the patient to record inr results and date of next test. Edoxaban is also taken once daily, but can be taken with or without food. Supply each patient with an anticoagulation book and ensure they fully understand the contents.
Yellow book patientheld information in need of revision and translation into other languages. Anticoagulant service manchester university nhs foundation. Anticoagulants west suffolk clinical commissioning group. Warfarin should be used in accordance with the requirements of the npsa alert. Documentation a registered nurse or senior care assistant should update the warfarin administration record each time the patients dose changes. Want somewhere to record inr results and other information. Patients will be transferred over to this new letter at their next appointment. Important information about anticoagulation with vitamin k.
Review the results of all relevant investigations including blood test results and identify the indication for the vka prescription and any issues on which you may need to seek advice. They must make sure that appropriate monitoring and dosing advice is in place to manage the patient safely. Confusion over anticoagulant management for dentistry, surgery and other procedures. If you miss a dose of warfarin, write it down in your yellow book. This should be used on an ongoing basis throughout treatment to record inr results and the current recommended warfarin.
Some gps have started doing their own inrs and dont think it is necessary to provide the patient with a yellow book, and if you refer them to the npsa guidance, they have never heard of the npsa. This could be in the patients handheld yellow inr record book. There are several different types of anticoagulant. Do not binge drink on holidays and try to maintain your usual diet. There is a space in the back of the new yellow book to keep records issued from the anticoagulant clinic. Anticoagulant alert card oral anticoagulant therapy record book oral anticoagulant therapy important information for patients book 2. Npsas anticoagulant patient safety alert and the measures it recommends for. As it is a handwritten document it should be checked and countersigned by a second member of staff for accuracy. Hughes syndrome foundation aps support uk website is your online resource for information about antiphospholipid syndrome. Jul 25, 2018 anticoagulants are medicines that prevent the blood from clotting as quickly or as effectively as normal. Anticoagulant patient safety alert advice for social care. Anticoagulation uk is committed to the prevention of. Trust and as such their anticoagulant therapy should be appropriately monitored and managed.
Anticoagulant therapy record book this should be used on an ongoing basis throughout treatment to record inr. The packs may be ordered from bso via eprocurement using item code wru000017 pack of 50. Please be advised that if you arrive too early for your appointment, you will not be seen until your assigned appointment time slot. In practice, this means making sure that patients have received a yellow book and ensuring that they or their carers fully understand its contents. You will be given a yellow anticoagulant booklet with your childs name and emergency contact numbers. Check the patients understanding of how and when to take their warfarin using the warfarin information booklet as a prompt for counselling the patient. Inr results and dates, quality control results and any problems should be documented accurately. For people starting rivaroxaban you will take one tablet daily with food. Where applicable patients should always bring their personal yellow anticoagulant record book issued when first prescribed anticoagulants and must always carry their alert card.
Please bring your yellow oral anticoagulant therapy record book with you to have your inr test. Lithium, methotrexate and warfarin patient information medicines. Quality control tests and adverse events can be recorded in the comments section. If another doctor suggests that you stop taking warfarin for. Common questions and answers about warfarin yellow book. Theres also a section for you to write down and keep a record of your warfarin dose. Each patient should be issued with an oral anticoagulation therapy oat pack containing an anticoagulant record booklet yellow booklet which should be kept up to date. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Each type works at a different level on the blood coagulation pathway. This is in case of emergencies and a doctor needing to know that you are on warfarin, and at what dose. It should be in your anticoagulant therapy record book yellow book my range is between 2 and 3 everybody is different. Community anticoagulation in greenwich lewisham and. You have been prescribed any new medication or changed doses of your current medication. The most commonly prescribed anticoagulant is warfarin.
Lithium, methotrexate and warfarin patient information. If you want to selfmonitor you should discuss this with your current provider of your anticoagulant service. From november 2017 the yellow anticoagulant record book will be replaced by a letter patients will be transferred over to this new letter at their next appointment. Regular blood tests should be done to keep an eye on this. This may be in the form of a single printed sheet, small booklet or other format used locally. Telephone number telephone number telephone number fax tablet strengths. The yellow anticoagulant therapy record book this booklet is your record of your treatment and on the first two pages tells you about 1. Use of the anticoagulant therapy record yellow book. Oral anticoagulant tablets should not be placed into medidosemds packs under any circumstances. Show this book to your gp, consultant, dentist, pharmacist, nurse or other healthcare professionals such. Trust lead anticoagulant specialist nurse betty brough. Social care providers should be prepared to produce the yellow book and any other records about blood tests when they request a prescription for anticoagulants or collect the medicine from a pharmacy on behalf of the people they care for.
Please bring your yellow oral anticoagulant therapy record book with you to the appointment due to space limitations, we would ask you to keep your appointment times. Due to space limitations, we would ask you to keep your appointment times. Social care providers should be prepared to produce the. However, the blood is not actually made any thinner it just does not clot so easily whilst you take an anticoagulant. Guidelines for the prescribing and monitoring of oral. For example, herbs with anticoagulant effects such as ginkgo biloba, ginseng. The purpose of the yellow oral anticoagulation therapy pack information booklet, record book and alert card and to present the yellow record. Anticoagulants are used to treat and prevent blood clots that may occur. Yellow books for warfarin i dont think the advice has changed. However, there is no such standard and easily recognisable tool for the noacs. I check that the doses in this book are expressed as mg, rather than as a number of tablets, which could lead to confusion when tablets come in different strengths. Eat on warfarin has come up with a range of handy forms and templates to help you manage your warfarin therapy. Remember to take your yellow book or other information card. Oral anticoagulant therapy information for patients book.