Guidelines on the use and monitoring of heparin.

The article presents several guidelines and recommendations on the use and monitoring of heparin. Consensus revised the draft guidelines. The guideline was reexamined by a multidisciplinary sounding board, the British Committee for Standards in Haematology and the British Society for Haematology and comments incorporated were appropriate. Healthcare professionals involved in the management of patients receiving heparin are the target audience of the guidelines.