Resource library

On 15 November 2023, Te Tāhū Hauora Health Quality & Safety Commission held a webinar about preventing and managing skin problems in the residential care setting. TCopies of the two main presentations can be downloaded from this page.

Poster showing the correct steps to take when using alcohol-based hand rub to clean your hands, available in Arabic, English, Hindi, Samoan, Simplified Chinese, te reo Māori, Tongan and Traditional Chinese.

This article presents the findings from the first national point prevalence survey of all district hospitals, undertaken by the Health Quality & Safety Commission in 2021.

Seven videos discuss different techniques to tackling hand hygiene problems and other challenging issues.

Beth shares her personal story of developing a healthcare-associated infection caused by a medical device to highlight the impact these infections can have on patients and their whānau.

Mary (not her real name) shares a close call with a healthcare-associated infection.

Jane (not her real name) shares her personal story of developing a healthcare-associated infection to highlight the impact of these on patients and their whānau.

This report presents results for the period 1 November to 28 February 2023 including national hand hygiene compliance for 19 health districts and 23 private surgical hospitals (PSHs).

Waitemata District Health Board (DHB) hand hygiene educational video improving the focus of hand hygiene with doctors.

Presentations from the Health Quality & Safety Commission and Hand Hygiene New Zealand's half-day workshop on hand hygiene, held in Auckland on 15 October 2017.