Health Quality & Safety Commission | Media Releases

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• CYMRC media release: Lives saved but more action needed to prevent infant and child deaths

  CYMRC media release: Lives saved but more action needed to prevent infant and child deaths

  18th Mar 2013, Child and Youth Mortality Review Committee

  The Child and Youth Mortality Review Committee (CYMRC) estimates nearly 3000 lives have been saved in the past 20 years because of efforts to prevent sudden unexpected death in infants (SUDI).

• Focus on polypharmacy and the management of gout

  Focus on polypharmacy and the management of gout

  20th Feb 2013, Health Quality Evaluation

  Media release on the new Atlas of Healthcare Variation domains - polypharmacy in older people and gout

• Serious and Sentinel Events 2011/12
  

  Serious and Sentinel Events 2011/12

  20th Nov 2012, Reportable Events Featured

  The Health Quality & Safety Commission has released the 2011/12 report of serious and sentinel events (SSEs) in District Health Board hospitals. The report shows 360 SSEs were reported, 3 percent fewer than the 370 recorded in 2010/11.

• Health Quality & Safety Commission congratulates Whanganui DHB

  Health Quality & Safety Commission congratulates Whanganui DHB

  1st Nov 2012

  The Commission congratulates the winners of the Whanganui 2012 Health and Disability Quality Awards.

• Family Violence Death Review Committee welcomes New Zealand Police Report

  Family Violence Death Review Committee welcomes New Zealand Police Report

  25th Sep 2012, Family Violence Death Review Committee

  The Family Violence Death Review Committee (FVDRC) commends the NZ Police on the release of their report on Police family violence death reviews.

• Child and Youth Mortality Review Committee calls for interagency approach on butane

  Child and Youth Mortality Review Committee calls for interagency approach on butane

  13th Sep 2012, Child and Youth Mortality Review Committee

  The Child and Youth Mortality Review Committee (CYMRC) has repeated calls for an inter-agency approach to prevent volatile substance abuse (VSA)-related deaths

• Basic hand hygiene important in control of superbugs

  Basic hand hygiene important in control of superbugs

  16th Jul 2012, Infection Prevention & Control

  Basic hand hygiene is vital when it comes to reducing the spread of multi-antibiotic resistant bacteria like MRSA and ESBL says the Health Quality & Safety Commission.

• Report finds suicide remains leading cause of maternal death

  Report finds suicide remains leading cause of maternal death

  13th Jun 2012, Perinatal & Maternal Mortality Review Committee Featured

  The annual report of the Perinatal and Maternal Mortality Review Committee shows suicide continues to be the leading cause of maternal deaths.

• Paper supports focus on hospitals’ hand hygiene

  Paper supports focus on hospitals’ hand hygiene

  11th May 2012, Infection Prevention & Control Featured

  A paper published today in the New Zealand Medical Journal supports a focus on improving hand hygiene in hospitals to reduce hospital-acquired infections.

• Congratulating efforts to improve hand hygiene
  

  Congratulating efforts to improve hand hygiene

  4th May 2012, Infection Prevention & Control Featured

  As World Hand Hygiene Day approaches on Saturday 05 May, Hand Hygiene New Zealand (HHNZ) congratulates District Health Boards and hospital-based healthcare workers throughout the country for working hard to improve hand hygiene practice.