DOAC Dipstick for detecting direct oral anticoagulants

Equality considerations

NICE is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, eliminating unlawful discrimination and fostering good relations between people with particular protected characteristics and others.

Anticoagulant therapy is used for preventing and treating thromboembolism across various clinical indications. The prevalence of many of these conditions increases with age. Other risks factors for these conditions may include the sex of the individual, family history and family origin, pregnancy, immobility, and other comorbidities such as obesity and cancer. Age, sex, family origin, pregnancy and disability are protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010.