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Hand Hygiene New Zealand communication toolkit
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.
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Video: Surgical site infection improvement programme
This brief video clip gives an overview of the surgical site infection improvement programme, and some background to the issue of surgical site infections in New Zealand.
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Risk factors differ for Gram-negative surgical site infection following hip and knee arthroplasty: an observational study from a national surveillance system
This article describes describe risk factors for surgical site infection (SSI) caused by aerobic Gram-negative organisms after hip and knee arthroplasty in Aotearoa New Zealand.
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Template for infection prevention and control (IPC) walk round issue and action list
This MS Word template is to support providers in developing and implementing an IPC walk rounds programme.
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National hand hygiene compliance report 1 July–31 October 2019
National hand hygiene compliance report for the period of 1 July to 31 October 2019.
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Surgical site infection patient story: Ian Collis
This is the story of Ian Collis who contracted a surgical site infection after undergoing heart surgery.
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Aotearoa New Zealand national point prevalence survey of healthcare-associated infections | Tiro whānui ā-motu mō te maimoa hauora – mate urutā
This report describes the approach to and findings of Aotearoa New Zealand’s first national point prevalence survey of healthcare-associated infections. This information will help us identify targets for quality improvement.
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Frontline Ownership workshop with Dr Michael Gardam (videos)
Seven videos discuss different techniques to tackling hand hygiene problems and other challenging issues.
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Healthcare-associated infection Severity Assessment Code (SAC) examples 2024-25
This list is for guidance only. All events should be rated on actual outcome for the consumer.
- Webinar recording: Highlighting quality improvement in the hand hygiene programme