VTE prevention programme - national policy framework
17 Oct 2012, Other Topics
A new section on the national medication chart has been designed with the help of the New Zealand VTE prevention steering group.
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17 Oct 2012, Other Topics
A new section on the national medication chart has been designed with the help of the New Zealand VTE prevention steering group.
12 Feb 2021, Perinatal & Maternal Mortality Review Committee
Reporting mortality and morbidity 2018.
10 Sep 2018, Aotearoa Patient Safety Day
This colouring page is a competition for Patient Safety Week. Download and print this colouring page and colour it in however you like. Photograph or scan your entry and upload it to the Health Quality & Safety Commission New Zealand Facebook page.
4 Jul 2017, Health Quality & Safety Commission
The Health Quality & Safety Commission's Statement of Intent (for the period 2017–21).
10 Nov 2016, Adverse Events
Report on adverse events reported to the Health Quality & Safety Commission from 1 July 2015–30 June 2016.
21 Sep 2016, Safe Surgery NZ
This document provides evidence for the use of checklists, briefings and debriefings, providing an overview of research and studies undertaken in various hospitals.
15 Mar 2013, Child & Youth Mortality Review Committee
Report from the Child and Youth Mortality Review Committee on unintentional suffocation, foreign body inhalation and strangulation.
27 Mar 2017, Suicide Mortality Review Committee
This cost benefit analysis was undertaken to assess the benefits of investment in ongoing suicide mortality review as a tool for reducing suicide rates.
18 Jul 2017, Adverse Events
This report alerts providers to adverse event cases reported to the Commission’s Adverse Events Learning Programme.
26 Mar 2019, Reducing Harm from Falls
Includes systematic reviews, clinical guidelines and toolkits.
17 Oct 2014, Reducing Harm from Falls
Falls analysis template based on a human factors framework.
11 Oct 2016, Pressure Injury Prevention
This report from the Health Quality & Safety Commission outlines a potential national approach to the measurement and reporting of pressure injuries.
11 Sep 2019, Partners in Care
Alwena was diagnosed with stage 4 peritoneal cancer. In this video, her husband Jim (a health care professional) shares his story about Alwena's diagnosis and their whānau's experience with the health system.
16 Jun 2017, Perioperative Mortality Review Committee
In this sixth report, the Perioperative Mortality Review Committee has examined perioperative mortality in New Zealand during 2010–2014 for two new areas of interest.
17 Jun 2014, Perinatal & Maternal Mortality Review Committee
This report provides an accurate estimate of the numbers and rates of perinatal and maternal deaths in New Zealand, describes the risk factors for such deaths, and attempts to identify where maternity and neonatal services might be focused.
27 Oct 2016, Infection Prevention & Control
An article from Dr Sally Roberts about the impact of the Hand Hygiene New Zealand programme on hand hygiene practices in hospitals, was published in the New Zealand Medical Journal.
30 May 2017, Partners in Care
Raising the bar on the national patient experience survey responds to the national inpatient experience survey results by investigating the lower scoring areas of the survey and recommending interventions to improve these results.
21 Sep 2015, Infection Prevention & Control
Seven videos discuss different techniques to tackling hand hygiene problems and other challenging issues.
28 Sep 2017, Reducing Harm from Falls
Presentations are now online from the '3-Nation approach to reducing harm from falls' workshops