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Health Quality & Safety Commission e-digest – Issue 96 online now

Te Tāhū Hauora Health Quality & Safety Commission
14 March 2019

Ngā ihirangi | In this issue

Whakapai i te kounga me te haumaru | Quality and safety improvement

  • Noel Tiano's story
  • New resource aims to improve communication with patients living with disabilities
  • Eight primary care-led quality improvement projects selected for Whakakotahi 2019

Whakaheke mōrearea | Reducing harm

  • Te ārai me te whakahaere pokenga ngā hīkoi āmio (IPC): Te kete taputapu me te pukapuka tātaki mō te whakamahi | Infection prevention and control walk rounds: Toolkit and implementation guide
  • New Zealand national maternity early warning system (MEWS) preparation and implementation guide
  • Expressions of interest: Consumer representative for the mental health and addiction quality improvement programme consumer advisory group
  • Safety Signal: Changes to the labelling of Bicillin LA®
  • Consumer report and reflections from the 2018 Patient deterioration New Zealand conference

Mahi ngātahi me mātou | Work with us

  • Programme coordinator (closes 5pm, Thursday 14 March)
  • Project manager, hospital improvement (closes 5pm, Thursday 21 March)
  • Expressions of interest: Consumer representative for the mental health and addiction quality improvement programme consumer advisory group (closes 5pm, Friday 22 March)
  • Events coordinator (closes 5pm, Monday 25 March).

Ngā hui huhua | Events

  • Perioperative Mortality Review Committee regional workshops: introducing a web-based system for reviewing local perioperative deaths
  • Adverse event review workshop
  • Serious Illness Conversation Guide training
  • Continuing the conversation: A Choosing Wisely forum
  • International Forum on Quality & Safety in Healthcare
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