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National hand hygiene compliance report: 1 July to 31 October 2022
This report presents results for the period 1 July to 31 October 2022 including national hand hygiene compliance for 20 health districts and 23 private surgical hospitals (PSHs).
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Video: Surgical site infection improvement programme
This brief video clip gives an overview of the surgical site infection improvement programme, and some background to the issue of surgical site infections in New Zealand.
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Surgical Site Infection Improvement Programme case studies
Surveillance case studies from the Surgical Site Infection Improvement Programme.
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Hand Hygiene New Zealand communication toolkit
The hand hygiene communication toolkit provides district health board staff with a range of ideas and guidance to promote hand hygiene and to engage health care workers to improve their practice.
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Presentations from the webinar: Preventing and managing skin problems in the residential care setting
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.
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Hand Hygiene Australia: online learning packages
Hand Hygiene Australia has launched a new online learning management system on the Hand Hygiene Australia training site.
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Healthcare-associated Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia: Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand districts 2024
This report summarises results from two years of this surveillance across all districts of Te Whatu Ora | Health New Zealand, from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2024.
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Paper highlights significant burden of healthcare-associated infections in public hospitals
Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are estimated to have cost the health care system $955 million in 2021 and to have caused more disability than road traffic crashes.
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Hand Hygiene New Zealand Implementation Guidelines 2013
This document provides a practical guide to implementing the Hand Hygiene New Zealand programme within DHBs in New Zealand.
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Surgical site infection (SSI) investigation tool
Tool for health providers to support review of adverse events involving surgical site infections.