Up to 2 million Americans are affected by DVT every year
2
Approximately 300,000 Americans die each year from PE, a complication of DVT
3
Complications from DVT claim the lives of more Americans than AIDS and breast cancer
combined
2
Thanks for visiting the DVT Awareness Month 2010 website. This site is designed
to:
- Provide information about deep vein thrombosis (DVT)
and pulmonary embolism
(PE)
- Promote DVT Awareness Month and
DVT Risk Screening Day
- Provide you with tools and resources to help you identify DVT and hold your
own DVT Risk Screening Day
Important dates and recommendations to remember:
DVT risk assessment is a necessary step to improve awareness and patient outcomes.
Help organize a risk screening event at your institution.
A venous thromboembolism (VTE) protocol is a valuable tool that may help decrease
hospital-acquired VTE and meet national quality measures,
including The Joint Commission 2009 National
Patient Safety Goals4 and National
Quality Forum Safe Practices.5
"There are few public health problems as serious as DVT/PE, yet these diseases receive
so little attention." 6
—Office of the Surgeon General
2008 Call to Action to Prevent DVT and PE