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This is a guide to preparing and implementing a recognition and response system, for recognising and responding to patient deterioration.

This package outlines the next steps and what the options are to make a significant difference in opioid-induced adverse drug events.

This document provides a practical guide to implementing the Hand Hygiene New Zealand programme within DHBs in New Zealand.

Between October 2017 and June 2018, the Commission worked with six early implementation sites to make improvements to their systems through testing the national vital signs chart, New Zealand early warning score and other tools and guidance.

This resource is designed to help hospital staff plan and engage executive and senior leaders in IPC walk rounds, capture issues and suggestions, and develop and implement improvements.

The health of pregnant and recently pregnant women can deteriorate for many reasons. At times, the failure to recognise signs of deterioration, escalate care and respond appropriately can cause preventable deterioration.

In its Fifth Report to the Minister of Health (2009), the Child and Youth Mortality Review Committee (CYMRC) noted that systems to review non-traffic deaths are inconsistent and less well developed compared with systems to review traffic deaths.

This guide provides guidance for the implementation and delivery of the national Surgical Site Infection Improvement Programme (SSIIP) for orthopaedic surgery in New Zealand.

Guide for providers implementing and delivering a national Surgical Site Infection Improvement Programme in New Zealand