Health Quality & Safety Commission e-digest, Issue 70 online now

In this issue (attached below):

Quality and safety improvement

• Partners in Care updates
• Tairāwhiti nurse makes a difference in mental health unit

Reducing harm

• Vacancies
• Updated patient deterioration resources

Reporting and commentary

• Open Book: Alert for prescribing error – dabigatran and enoxaparin
• Eleventh Annual Report of the Perinatal and Maternal Mortality Review Committee
• National Hand Hygiene New Zealand report released (April–June 2017)
• Pressure injury case studies

Events

• Upcoming events calendar 2017
• Masterclass with Professor Erik Hollnagel
• Adverse event review workshops
• Regional workshops: Mental health and addiction quality improvement programme
• International Forum on Quality & Safety in Healthcare
• Flag the date: Three-nation approach to reducing harm from falls
• Hand Hygiene New Zealand – half-day hand hygiene workshop
• World Health Organization Global Patient Safety Challenge on Medication Safety
• Patient Safety Week 2017
• Quality improvement scientific symposium 2017
• Presentations from the 4th World Congress on Integrated Care

Related links

• Health Quality & Safety Commission e-digest – Issue 70, 12–25 July 2017