9 Sep 2016 | Infection Prevention & Control
Presentations and photos from the Health Quality & Safety Commission's national workshop on reducing harm from healthcare associated infections, held in Wellington on 9 August 2016.
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Speaker |
Presentation |
Welcome Karakia and welcome from the tangata whenua |
Peter Jackson (Te Ātiawa) |
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Introduction National approach to reducing healthcare associated infections Cross-agency collaboration to reduce surgical site infections |
Dr Janice Wilson (Chief executive, Health Quality & Safety Commission) Dr Peter Robinson (Chief clinical advisor, ACC) |
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Session oneChairs: Lorraine Rees (MidCentral DHB) and Dr Hasan Bhally (Waitemata DHB) |
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Plenary one Nationally coordinated IPC initiatives |
Dr John Ferguson (Hunter New England Health, NSW, Australia) |
Lessons learned from the Australian approach References (ZIP, 17MB)
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Plenary two Building capability |
Associate Professor Rhonda Stuart (Monash Health, Melbourne, Australia) |
Building capability (PDF) |
Session twoChairs: Jo Stodart (Southern DHB) and Sue Wood (Canterbury DHB) |
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Investment in reducing surgical site infection How is the national Surgical Site Infection Improvement (SSIIP) tracking internationally? ACC investment in the SSIIP |
Dr Arthur Morris (National clinical lead, SSIIP) Dr Nick Kendall (ACC) |
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Investment in IPC IT capability What's changed at Hunter Valley Health? |
Jeffrey Deane (Hunter New England Health, NSW, Australia) |
Introduction of technology to reduce HAI and improve surveillance (PDF) |
Lunch | ||
Session threeChair: Gary Tonkin, Health Quality & Safety Commission |
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Workshop one How will building MD IPC teams raise the profile of IPC? |
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Workshop two Being smart with data: Will it increase our capability? |
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Session fourChair: Dr Sally Roberts |
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Panel discussion Where do we want to be in five years' time? |
Panel:
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Closing remarks | Health Quality & Safety Commission |