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Health Quality & Safety Commission e-digest – Issue 139 [8 October – 1 November]

Health Quality Intelligence
02 November 2021

Ngā ihirangi | In this issue

Whakapai i te kounga me te haumaru | Quality and safety improvement
  • Draft code of expectations – welcoming feedback
  • COVID-19 – the slayer of connection
  • Watch out for our five videos for Te Rā Haumaru Tūroro o Aotearoa | Aotearoa Patient Safety Day 2021
  • Ministry of Health releases resources for conversations about assisted dying
Whakaheke mōrearea | Reducing harm
  • Baclofen oral liquid medication alert
  • Blog celebrating the work of our infection prevention and control workforce
Pūrongo me te whakamārama | Reporting and commentary
  • Expert advisory group appointed to guide the review of the national mortality review function
  • Fifth annual update on increasing transparency 2021
Ngā hui huhua | Events
  • New Zealand Sepsis Conference 2021: Challenges for New Zealand
  • Open Forum: Resilient health care – embracing the future
  • 9th biennial Australian and New Zealand Falls Prevention Conference

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