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Discussion paper: proposal to change data collection requirements for orthopaedic procedures and options for inclusion of other procedures (feedback closed)
Health Quality & Safety Commission’s Surgical Site Infection Improvement Programme has developed a discussion paper seeking feedback from you regarding a proposal to change data collection requirements for orthopaedic procedures
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Frequently asked questions about the Safe Surgery NZ programme
This document covers frequently asked questions for the Safe Surgery NZ programme including the surgical safety checklist, briefing, debriefing and collection of data for the safe surgery quality and safety marker.
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Video: Surgical skin preparation
This recording of webinar 4: surgical skin preparation is a fantastic opportunity to learn from three surgical site infection experts about surgical skin preparation.
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Guidelines: Clipping not shaving intervention guidelines
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.
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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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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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Safe Surgery NZ teamwork & communication video 4: Briefing
Video 4 in the teamwork and communication roll-out.
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Counties Manukau Health safe surgery posters
Localised start-of-list and surgical safety checklist posters from Counties Manukau Health.
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Southern Cross Hospitals surgical safety checklist posters
Surgical safety checklist posters (sign in, time out, sign out) from Southern Cross Hospitals.
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Video: Surgical briefing and debriefings
This video from the Commission's Reducing Perioperative Harm programme demonstrates best practice for briefing and debriefing sessions, based on the World Health Organization's surgical safety checklist.