Sort by Recent Popular
12 May 2017, Reducing Harm from Falls
Topic 5 in reducing harm from falls explains the actions you can take to improve the safety of the environment for older people who risk falling.
12 May 2017, Reducing Harm from Falls
Topic 9 in reducing harm from falls explains how exercise helps to prevent falls in older people.
7 Aug 2018, Aotearoa Patient Safety Day
Information pack for teachers for the antibiotic awareness poster competition in schools.
26 Jun 2018, Perinatal & Maternal Mortality Review Committee
The 12th report looks at perinatal deaths from 2007 to 2016, maternal deaths from 2006 to 2016, and babies with neonatal encephalopathy from 2010 to 2016
13 Jun 2017, Perinatal & Maternal Mortality Review Committee
This report considers perinatal and maternal mortality and morbidity from 1 January to 31 December 2015; perinatal mortality from 2007 to 2015; maternal mortality from 2006 to 2015; and babies with neonatal encephalopathy from 2010 to 2015.
1 Jun 2017, Health Quality Intelligence
This 2017 report brings our measures up to date and draws out key messages about the quality of New Zealand’s health system.
5 Apr 2016, Building Leadership & Capability
This guide will help district health boards (DHBs) put quality and safety at the centre of governance and drive improvement in their organisations.
12 May 2017, Reducing Harm from Falls
Topic 8 in reducing harm from falls provides an overview of how medicines can affect the risk of falling or fall-related harm.
1 Oct 2012, Adverse Events
The likelihood and consequences tables are used by district health boards (DHBs) to assist with the classification of incidents by DHB quality and risk managers.
14 Jun 2018, Health Quality Intelligence
This year’s edition of the Window on the Quality of New Zealand’s Health Care ‘shines the light’ beyond ultimate outcomes to look at where the system is performing less well and where possible system weaknesses may put future performance at risk.
30 Jun 2017, Adverse Events
Examples of the severity assessment codes for advise event reporting.
31 May 2016, Suicide Mortality Review Committee
Suicide is a major cause of death in New Zealand and the most common cause of death for young people. In 2012, 549 New Zealanders took their own lives with suicide rates being much higher in males.
12 May 2017, Reducing Harm from Falls
Topic 6 in reducing harm from falls looks at how the factors to consider when an older person has a fall.
30 Oct 2017, Other Topics
This ‘think piece’ from the Health Quality & Safety Commission signals our intention to tackle health inequities.
23 May 2012, Medication Safety
A poster and quick reference card listing abbreviations, symbols and dose designations which should never be used when communicating medicine-related information.
31 Aug 2012, Safe Surgery NZ
This checklist has been adapted from the World Health Organization Surgical Safety Checklist by the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons.
16 May 2017, Other Topics
The Health Quality & Safety Commission and Health Workforce New Zealand recently commissioned an independent evaluation of the advance care planning programme and training.
22 Feb 2013, Adverse Events
This document provides advice on how to manage the Root Cause Analysis (RCA) process for Severity Assessment Code 1 and 2 incidents to assist RCA Teams.
20 Jun 2017, Family Violence Death Review Committee
1 Feb 2008, Medication Safety
A poster illustrating some common INNs and BANs that may cause confusion