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Busting myths about patient, family and whānau escalation
There are many myths surrounding patient, family and whānau escalation of care. This factsheet outlines the common myths and explains where you can find further information about them.
- Factsheet: Capabilities for recognising and responding to acute deterioration in hospital
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Patient deterioration programme charter: Recognising and responding together
This document sets out work by the Health Quality & Safety Commission on the patient deterioration programme. It identifies what our programme aims to achieve over five years and how it will do this. It will be supported by annual programme plans.
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Escalation mapping tool
This mapping exercise will help you to develop your own local escalation pathway for recognition and response to patient deterioration.
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Patient deterioration and recognition and response systems: factsheets for hospital executives and senior clinicians
These factsheets describe the patient deterioration recognition and response systems. There is a factsheet for senior clinicians and another for hospital executives.
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Patient tracer audit guide: patient deterioration systems | He aratohu tātari mō te whai tūroro
This guide is designed to help hospitals put in place a patient deterioration system and find ways to improve.
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Factsheet: Patient deterioration and supplemental oxygen
This factsheet from the Health Quality & Safety Commission's patient deterioration programme provides guidance to clinicians on modifying the New Zealand early warning score trigger for patients receiving supplemental oxygen.
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Vital sign charts and early warning systems: A scoping literature review
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.
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Maternity early warning system (MEWS) virtual grand round presentation
In this video, Dr Matthew Drake (clinical lead obstetric anaesthesia) presents a virtual grand round about the New Zealand national maternity early warning system (MEWS).
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Recognition and response system summary
This summary sheet provides information about the recognition and response system workstream for the Health Quality & Safety Commission's patient deterioration programme.