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Surgical briefings support practical decision making
Alisa Ili, theatre nurse manager and Dr Andrew Connolly, general surgeon at Counties Manukau Health, share how start-of-list briefings support their decision making.
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Guidelines: Surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis
This document has been produced to encourage health care professionals to use surgical prophylaxis more effectively to improve the safety and quality of care that patients receive.
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SSIIP skin antisepsis guide
This document has been produced to encourage health care professionals to use skin antisepsis preparation more effectively to improve the safety and quality of care that patients receive.
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Keeping you safe during surgery – surgical safety brochure for patients
Brochure for patients to explain the various elements of the surgical safety checklist.
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Surgical site infection (SSI) investigation tool
Tool for health providers to support review of adverse events involving surgical site infections.
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Evaluation of the surgical site infection improvement programme
Evaluation of the surgical site infection improvement programme – final summative report.
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Aotearoa New Zealand Tall Man lettering list (October 2023)
The Aotearoa New Zealand Tall Man lettering list (updated October 2023) includes look-alike, sound-alike medicine names that have been predicted to pose the greatest risk to patient safety.
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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: Clipping not shaving
The video below outlines the Surgical Site Infection Improvement Programme's guidelines for clipping not shaving – the third in a series of interventions.
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Anti-staphylococcal bundle to reduce surgical site infections in orthopaedic and cardiac surgery
Feedback summary of discussion paper and next steps