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Adapt Research, on behalf of Te Tāhū Hauora Health Quality & Safety Commission has undertaken a scoping review of recent literature in 2024 to ensure the national adult and maternity vital signs charts remain aligned to best practice.

Te Tāhū Hauora Health Quality & Safety Commission has developed a national paediatric early warning system (PEWS) to help clinicians identify hospitalised tamariki with the potential to become more unwell, so they can respond quickly.

This guide gives quick ‘how to’ answers to commonly asked questions about completing the paediatric vital sign charts.

This guide covers the common questions raised by paediatric teams during the national rollout of the Aotearoa New Zealand paediatric early warning system about the routine measurement of blood pressure in acutely unwell children.

This guide is designed to help hospitals put in place a patient deterioration system and find ways to improve.

This document outlines an evaluation of the early implementation of the national paediatric early warning system (PEWS).

Presentations and videos from the Health Quality & Safety Commission's two-day conference Patient deterioration New Zealand: current state and future developments.