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National hand hygiene compliance report: 1 November 2021 to 28 February 2022
This report presents results for the period 1 November 2021 to 28 February 2022 including national hand hygiene compliance for 20 district health boards and 22 private surgical hospitals.
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Systematic Review of Surgical Site Infections in Cardiac and Orthopaedic Surgery
A report from the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (commissioned by the Health Quality & Safety Commission).
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Healthcare-associated Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia: Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand districts
This report summarises results from the first 12 months of continuous ongoing surveillance of healthcare-associated Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia, across all districts of Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand, from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023.
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World Hand Hygiene Day 2023 webinar: Highlighting quality improvement in the hand hygiene programme
In this webinar, the audience will hear from three speakers about quality improvement projects that have been implemented successfully as part of a local Hand Hygiene New Zealand programme.
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Webinar: Celebrating nurses and midwives for clean care in the age of COVID-19
The World Health Organization (WHO) is running a short weekly webinar to discuss infection prevention and control (IPC) and hand hygiene topics, in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic response and the WHO annual hand hygiene campaign.
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Putting prevention first - Leadership and action on preventing healthcare associated infections
Based on the success of the 2016 national multidisciplinary workshop ‘Reducing harm from healthcare associated infections’, the Health Quality & Safety Commission’s infection prevention and control programme, with support from ACC, is hosting...
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Free webinar: Skin deep – managing wounds and scabies in the residential care setting
In this webinar, the audience will hear about managing wounds in the elderly and diagnosing and managing scabies in an aged residential care setting.
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New Zealand Sepsis Conference 2021: Challenges for New Zealand
Health care professionals with an interest in the management of sepsis and infectious diseases are invited to attend the inaugural New Zealand Sepsis Conference.
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Toolkit encourages staff and senior leadership engagement in infection prevention
This International Infection Prevention and Control Week (13–19 October 2019), the Health Quality & Safety Commission is encouraging hospital staff and senior leaders in infection prevention and control (IPC) to take part in walk rounds.
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New report highlights variation in the management and treatment of sepsis
A new report released today by the Health Quality & Safety Commission highlights variation in the way sepsis is managed and monitored in New Zealand.