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11 Apr 2016
Health Quality & Safety Commission e-update, Issue 49 online now
Issue 49 of the Health Quality & Safety Commission's e-update is now available online.
Te Tāhū Hauora Health Quality & Safety Commission
29 Feb 2016
Health Quality & Safety Commission e-update, Issue 48 online now
Issue 48 of the Health Quality & Safety Commission's e-update is now available online.
Te Tāhū Hauora Health Quality & Safety Commission
06 Feb 2016
Commission backs calls for better awareness on medication safety issues
The Health Quality & Safety Commission is supporting calls for more attention to be given to unsafe vaccine packaging and labelling.
Medicines (Reducing harm)
23 Jun 2015
Report shows significant reduction in stillbirths
The rate of babies dying from 20 weeks of pregnancy to 28 days old (perinatal mortality rate) has fallen to the lowest number since reporting began in New Zealand in 2007.
Perinatal & Maternal Mortality Review Committee
26 Mar 2015
Open Book reports share lessons learned from adverse events
The Health Quality & Safety Commission’s Adverse Events Learning programme is working with providers to share lessons learned following review of adverse events.
Adverse events
10 Nov 2014
Improving medication error reporting and learning in primary care
The Health Quality & Safety Commission and the New Zealand Pharmacovigilance Centre (NZPhvC) are encouraging wider reporting and learning from medication errors and near-miss events in primary care.
Medicines (Reducing harm)
05 Sep 2014
Update on the safe use of opioids collaborative
The Health Quality & Safety Commission’s Medication Safety programme welcomes the members of the national safe use of opioids collaborative:
Medicines (Reducing harm)
24 Aug 2014
Safety considerations for parents when purchasing second-hand infant sleep products
Child & Youth Mortality Review Committee
19 Aug 2014
Legislative change supports further work on the New Zealand electronic Prescription Service
New legislative changes will allow prescriptions for controlled drugs to be generated electronically instead of handwritten.
Medicines (Reducing harm)
25 Jun 2014
Improving teamwork and communication to further the patient safety culture
The Commission is continuing its focus on reducing patient harm during the perioperative period by encouraging improved teamwork and communication across the operating theatre team.
Safe Surgery NZ