Save the date for World Antibiotic Awareness Week 2016
2 Nov 2016, Infection Prevention & Control
World Antibiotic Awareness Week is being held from 14–20 November 2016.
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Healthcare associated infection is one of the most common adverse events in health care worldwide. Up to 10 percent of patients admitted to modern hospitals in the developed world acquire one or more infections.
2 Nov 2016, Infection Prevention & Control
World Antibiotic Awareness Week is being held from 14–20 November 2016.
Read More20 Sep 2016, Infection Prevention & Control
Frontline ownership (FLO) is giving staff at Waikato District Health Board (DHB) a new way of improving patient care, and they are loving every minute of it.
Read More14 Jun 2017, Infection Prevention & Control
The Commission is seeking interested participants from surgical providers to develop a standardised national pre-operative anti-staphylococcal bundle
27 Apr 2017, Infection Prevention & Control
The Health Quality & Safety Commission is welcoming today’s release of a report by the Antimicrobial Resistance Action Planning Group.
28 Mar 2017, Infection Prevention & Control
Infection rates and potential infection issues at Canterbury District Health Board are now immediately available to the infection prevention and control staff because of the introduction of the electronic surveillance system ICNet.
15 Mar 2017, Infection Prevention & Control
‘Fight antibiotic resistance – it’s in your hands’ is the theme of this year’s World Hand Hygiene Day on 5 May. The day is coordinated by the World Health Organization.
