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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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Evaluation of the surgical site infection improvement programme
Evaluation of the surgical site infection improvement programme – final summative report.
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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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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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Surgical site infection rate is higher following hip and knee arthroplasty when cefazolin is underdosed
This paper by Dr Arthur Morris, Dr Sally Roberts, Nikki Grae and Dr Chris Frampton highlights increased rates of infection following hip and knee arthroplasty when cefazolin is underdosed.
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Safe Surgery NZ teamwork & communication video 8: Interview 3
Video 8 in the teamwork and communication roll-out.
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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.