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

The video below outlines the Surgical Site Infection Improvement Programme's guidelines for the appropriate use of surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis – the first in a series of interventions.

The patient participation guidelines are designed to assist district health board (DHB) hand hygiene coordinators to develop and implement a hand hygiene patient participation programme as one component of their overall multi-modal programme

This recording of webinar 3: surgical antibiotic prophylaxis is a fantastic opportunity to learn from three surgical site infection experts about surgical antibiotic prophylaxis.

This recording of webinar 4: surgical skin preparation is a fantastic opportunity to learn from three surgical site infection experts about surgical skin preparation.

The video below outlines the Surgical Site Infection Improvement Programme's guidelines for clipping not shaving – the third in a series of interventions.

This document has been produced to encourage health care professionals to clip, not shave, hair prior to surgery to improve the safety and quality of care that patients receive.

The hand hygiene communication toolkit provides district health board staff with a range of ideas and guidance to promote hand hygiene and to engage health care workers to improve their practice.

The Hand Hygiene New Zealand resource kit for medical professionals has been developed for hospital-based medical professionals to use to educate and drive hand hygiene improvement within their service.

A report from the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (commissioned by the Health Quality & Safety Commission).