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Hand Hygiene information for children
Information from organisations including the Ministry of Health, on hand hygiene practices for staff and children in schools.
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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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Video: Clinicians talk about hand hygiene
Having clean hands before and after contact with patients is one of the most important things health care workers can do to prevent infections. In this video clinicians discuss the '5 moments for hand hygiene' and why hand hygiene is important.
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Hand Hygiene: A review of literature and programmes
This document describes the findings of a literature review conducted as part of a wider review of the Health Quality & Safety Commission’s Hand Hygiene New Zealand (HHNZ) programme.
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Poster: How to hand wash
Posters showing your '5 moments for hand hygiene', available with either a female or male character shown.
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Hand Hygiene New Zealand patient participation guidelines 2013
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
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Infection prevention and control (IPC) walk rounds: Toolkit and implementation guide
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.
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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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Hand Hygiene Australia: online learning packages
Hand Hygiene Australia has launched a new online learning management system on the Hand Hygiene Australia training site.
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Paper highlights significant burden of healthcare-associated infections in public hospitals
Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are estimated to have cost the health care system $955 million in 2021 and to have caused more disability than road traffic crashes.