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This is the story of Ian Collis who contracted a surgical site infection after undergoing heart surgery.

The Surgical Site Infection Improvement (SSII) programme was established to encourage culture change and practice improvements that better support the prevention of SSIs.

This document has been produced to encourage health care professionals to use surgical prophylaxis more effectively to improve the safety and quality of care that patients receive.

The patient participation guidelines are designed to assist district health board (DHB) hand hygiene coordinators to develop and implement a hand hygiene patient participation programme as one component of their overall multi-modal programme

This poster describes the shared goals of care process for health care providers; it is available in two designs.

The principles described in this document outline what is required for health care providers to have shared goals of care discussions with adult patients and their whānau.

This document has been produced to encourage health care professionals to clip, not shave, hair prior to surgery to improve the safety and quality of care that patients receive.

The Surgical Site Infection Improvement Programme's frequently asked questions covers general programme queries, questions about data collection, and technical queries. The page is updated on a regular basis to incorporate new questions.

The role of hospital executives is essential to the sustainable resourcing and governance to enable the culture change necessary for shared goals of care. This factsheet provides information for hospital executives about shared goals of care as part

This document contains information about recognising and responding to acute deterioration and the importance of having shared goals of care discussions with patients and their whānau.