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Tool for health providers to support review of adverse events involving surgical site infections.

This presentation was developed as a training tool for infection prevention and control professionals in public hospitals who collect HA-SAB source data and submit to the Commission.

This document has been produced to encourage health care professionals to use skin antisepsis preparation more effectively to improve the safety and quality of care that patients receive.

In this webinar held in February 2023, presenters from Te Tāhū Hauora Health Quality & Safety Commission, Observatory Village Lifecare and HealthCERT presented on optimising the use of antibiotics in the management of UTI in aged residential care.

The following resources are available for World Hand Hygiene Day 2023 to promote good hand hygiene behaviour.

This report presents results for the period 1 November to 28 February 2023 including national hand hygiene compliance for 20 health districts and 23 private surgical hospitals (PSHs).

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

This poster summarises the first twelve months of national reporting for the light orthopaedic surgical site infection improvement programme.

This document summarises the findings of a survey conducted between June and August 2022 as part of a wider review of the Te Tāhū Hauora Health Quality & Safety Commission Hand Hygiene New Zealand programme.