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Stay safe from infection
This short video explains what you and your family and whānau can do to prevent an infection developing in your wound when you have surgery.
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Learning from COVID-19: Summary of feedback from the hospital and aged residential care surveys during the COVID-19 response to identify gaps and opportunities for improvement
A summary of the responses to two surveys relating to infection prevention and control during the COVID-19 pandemic response. The surveys were conducted by the Health Quality & Safety Commission in July−August 2020.
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National hand hygiene compliance report 1 July–31 October 2020
National hand hygiene compliance report for the period of 1 July to 31 October 2020.
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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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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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Factsheet: Patient deterioration and supplemental oxygen
This factsheet from the Health Quality & Safety Commission's patient deterioration programme provides guidance to clinicians on modifying the New Zealand early warning score trigger for patients receiving supplemental oxygen.
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New Zealand patient experience survey programme refresh 2019/20
This document describes the process the Health Quality & Safety Commission (the Commission) and its contracted provider, Ipsos, undertook in 2019/20 to review and refresh the New Zealand patient experience survey programme.
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Measuring culturally safe care through the patient experience surveys
Two documents describing the process followed by the Commission to identify key concepts and develop questions to measure patient experience of culturally safe care in the New Zealand patient experience surveys.
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Quality and safety markers – enabling equity monitoring: Privacy impact assessment report
This privacy impact assessment aims to help us better monitor health equity as a key aspect of quality.
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Guide to using the quality and safety markers dashboard
The national quality and safety marker report moved to a dashboard format in December 2020. This guide has been created to help people use and understand the QSM dashboard and its features.