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Surgical Safety Checklist (Australia & New Zealand)
This checklist has been adapted from the World Health Organization Surgical Safety Checklist by the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons.
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Using the Health Quality & Safety Commission Surgical Site Infection investigation tool – a summary of practice points from Dr Arthur Morris, clinical lead, Health Quality & Safety Commission
The following points summarise the information Dr Arthur Morris provided during his webinar presentation on 7 December 2021 and include the rationale for collecting specific data.
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Surgical Site Infection Improvement Programme information sheet
The Surgical Site Infection Improvement (SSII) programme was established to encourage culture change and practice improvements that better support the prevention of SSIs.
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Factsheet: How to prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia
This factsheet provides information about how to prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) using an evidence-based practice VAP bundle.
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Surgical checklist video: sign in
This video outlines step one of the World Health Organization's surgical safety checklist – sign in.
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Health Quality & Safety Commission | Surgical safety culture survey report 2019
The 2019 surgical safety culture survey was undertaken by Mobius Research and Strategy, to assist in evaluation of the Health Quality & Safety Commission's Safe Surgery NZ programme. This report presents the results of the 2019 survey.
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Frequently asked questions about surgical site infections
These frequently asked questions about surgical site infections were written by the Centre for Disease Control (CDC) and answer questions such as 'What is an SSI?' and 'Can SSIs be treated?'.
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Attitudes towards the Surgical Safety Checklist and its use in New Zealand operating theatres
Report from Litmus on attitudes towards the Surgical Safety Checklist and its use in New Zealand operating theatres.
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Surgical safety checklist posters
Full set of surgical safety checklist posters, including sign in, time out, sign out, start-of-list briefing and end-of-list debriefing.
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What are the benefits of surgical briefings?
Alisa Ili, theatre nurse manager and Dr Andrew Connolly, general surgeon at Counties Manukau Health, share the benefits they've experienced from holding regular start-of-list briefings.