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• Patient Safety Week 2018 poster: Germ hotspots
  Resource | Published: 15th November, 2021

  This Patient Safety Week poster encourages clinicians to follow the 5 moments for hand hygiene to prevent the spread of germs.

  Infection prevention and control Aotearoa Patient Safety Day
• A guide to implementing light surveillance for the orthopaedic SSIIP
  Resource | Published: 18th July, 2022

  This document outlines the process for undertaking ‘light surveillance’ for the orthopaedic SSIIP. It supplements the Orthopaedic surgery implementation manual.

  Infection prevention and control
• Hand Hygiene NZ – Hand Hygiene: A guide for healthcare staff
  Resource | Published: 19th November, 2021

  A pamphlet on hand hygiene

  Infection prevention and control
• Surgical Site Infection Improvement Programme frequently asked questions
  Resource | Published: 19th November, 2021

  The Surgical Site Infection Improvement Programme's frequently asked questions covers general programme queries, questions about data collection, and technical queries. The page is updated on a regular basis to incorporate new questions.

  Safe Surgery NZ Infection prevention and control
• Video: Antibiotic Intervention
  Resource | Published: 19th November, 2021

  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.

  Safe Surgery NZ Infection prevention and control
• SSI webinar 2: Surveillance
  Resource | Published: 19th November, 2021

  This presentation from webinar 2: surveillance is a fantastic opportunity to learn from two SSI experts about the national SSI programme that all 20 district health boards have signed up to, and how it can help to prevent SSIs.

  Safe Surgery NZ Infection prevention and control
• Surgical site infection (SSI) investigation tool
  Resource | Published: 19th January, 2022

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

  Safe Surgery NZ Infection prevention and control
• Sources of healthcare-associated Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia in New Zealand acute hospitals
  Resource | Published: 27th October, 2022

  This article describes the source of healthcare-associated Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia (HA-SAB) in district hospitals.

  Infection prevention and control
• Hand Hygiene New Zealand patient participation guidelines 2013
  Resource | Published: 19th November, 2021

  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

  Infection prevention and control
• Hand hygiene patient stories
  Resource | Published: 19th November, 2021

  Hand Hygiene New Zealand promotional resource: Patient stories.

  Infection prevention and control