Issue 14 of the Open for better care e-newsletter is now available online.
- Webinar on identifying harm and errors
- Identify and mitigate error and harm – high-risk medicines
- 'One step' activities to improve medication safety
- December focus on identifying and mitigating harm from high-risk medicines
- Presentations from the Medication Safety Forum
- Winner of Patient Safety Week limerick competition announced
- DHB initiatives help make Patient Safety Week a success
- New Zealanders urged to go easy on use of antibiotics
- Patients surveyed on their experience of hospital
- Consumer advocate influences health of older people
- New consumer engagement resource in development
- Preventing venous thromboembolism at Lakes DHB
- Safe use of opioids collaborative learning sessions
- CSC and Medtech collaborate on health care logistics innovation in New Zealand
- Falls prevention tailored to suit individual residents.