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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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Blog: Checklists for safe surgery in New Zealand
This article was first published in O&G Magazine Vol 21 No 3 Spring 2019. Reproduced with permission.
- Improving surgical teamwork and communication: A guide to preparing and implementing
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Open Book: Hypoxic cardiac arrest during attempted percutaneous tracheostomy
This report alerts providers of the risk of hypoxic cardiac arrest during percutaneous tracheostomy. The aim is to learn from the event and establish a standard operating procedure to prevent future similar events.
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Surgical checklist video: time out
This video outlines step two of the World Health Organization's surgical safety checklist – time out.
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What are the benefits of surgical briefings?
Alisa Ili, theatre nurse manager and Dr Andrew Connolly, general surgeon at Counties Manukau Health, share the benefits they've experienced from holding regular start-of-list briefings.
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Safe surgery programme
The safe surgery programme aims to improve teamwork and communication in the operating room by leveraging the WHO surgical safety checklist as a teamwork and communication tool.
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Open Book: Red reflex assessment in newborns (June 2016)
This report alerts providers to key findings and actions following review of delayed recognition of lack of red reflex in a newborn. The findings from this case extend across care settings, specialties and national guidance.
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Surgical briefing awareness campaign a big success
Over 60 surgical teams across New Zealand participated in surgical briefing awareness day yesterday.
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Surgical briefing case studies
Start-of-list briefings improve teamwork, camaraderie and efficiency. These case studies from Counties Manukau Health outline how making start-of-list briefings a standard part of the surgical list, was an easy choice.