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Surgical Safety Checklist features on TV3
3News featured a story on its Firstline show about the importance of using the surgical safety checklist.
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Blog: Simulation training is the next step for safer surgery
The World Health Organization checklist was created to start our work and build a foundation of safety for our patients. It established the important role of teamwork and communication in providing high quality safe care.
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Surgical checklist video: sign in
This video outlines step one of the World Health Organization's surgical safety checklist – sign in.
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Open Book: Surgery abandoned due to unavailable instruments (December 2015)
This report alerts providers to the key findings of a recent review and system changes made to prevent the incident happening again. In this case, changes were made to systems relating to loan instruments for specialised procedures.
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Safe Surgery NZ teamwork & communication video 2: Time out
Video 2 in the teamwork and communication roll-out.
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Surgical Site Infection Improvement Programme frequently asked questions
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.
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Video: Clipping not shaving
The video below outlines the Surgical Site Infection Improvement Programme's guidelines for clipping not shaving – the third in a series of interventions.
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How surgical briefings are held at Counties Manukau Health
Alisa Ili, theatre nurse manager and Dr Andrew Connolly, general surgeon, share how they conduct surgical briefings at Counties Manukau Health.
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Anti-staphylococcal bundle to reduce surgical site infections in orthopaedic and cardiac surgery
Feedback summary of discussion paper and next steps
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Safe Surgery NZ teamwork & communication video 8: Interview 3
Video 8 in the teamwork and communication roll-out.