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Safe Surgery NZ teamwork & communication video 4: Briefing
Video 4 in the teamwork and communication roll-out.
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Safe Surgery NZ teamwork & communication video 6: Interview 1
Video 6 in the teamwork and communication roll-out.
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Surgical briefing poster
A five-minute team briefing before starting the day’s surgical list reduces patient harm. This poster outlines the steps required for a start-of-list briefing.
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Safe Surgery NZ teamwork & communication video 1: Sign in
Video 1 in the teamwork and communication roll-out.
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Open Book: Incorrect assembly of surgical equipment (June 2016)
This report alerts providers to key findings and actions following review of two incidents in different organisations where surgical equipment was assembled incorrectly resulting in patient harm in the operating theatre.
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Open Book: Transmission of 'super-bug' in hospital (May 2016)
This report alerts providers to key findings and actions following review of an outbreak of a multi-drug resistant organism (MDRO) which affected five patients. The aim is to learn from the changes implemented after the event to prevent future simila
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NZ surgical safety culture continues to improve
A third national survey of district health board (DHB) surgical staff shows that in most instances people work together as a well-coordinated team.