TY - JOUR AU - Brown, Joshua AU - Talbert, Jeffery AU - Pennington, Ryan AU - Han, Qiong AU - Raissi, Driss PY - 2018 DA - 2018/03/20 TI - Non-retrieval of inferior vena cava filters as a patient safety concern: evaluation of a new process improvement project to increase retrieval rates in a vascular and interventional radiology clinic JO - Patient Safety in Surgery SP - 5 VL - 12 IS - 1 AB - Retrieval of inferior vena cava filters (IVCFs) is important to decrease the long-term risk of complications associated with indwelling devices. Our hospital experienced low retrieval rates and implemented a low-cost intervention and evaluation for quality improvement. The working hypothesis was that a simple, mailed letter intervention could increase retrieval rates by increasing patient and primary care provider knowledge of the need for retrieval. SN - 1754-9493 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s13037-018-0151-7 DO - 10.1186/s13037-018-0151-7 ID - Brown2018 ER -