Open | Surgery
The focus of the Open for better care campaign from April to end September 2014 was reducing harm from surgery. The Commission’s Safe Surgery NZ programme is ongoing, while the campaign highlighted surgical harm key messages. Find out more about the Safe Surgery NZ programme on the Commission website.
Summary of News and Events
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Clinical leadership crucial for safe surgery programme success
Clinical leadership crucial for safe surgery programme success
Clinical leadership continues to be crucial to the success of the Health Quality & Safety Commission’s Safe Surgery NZ programme. In particular, the surgical teamwork and communication intervention, a core component of the programme. -
Podcast: Blood clots and you
Podcast: Blood clots and you
A new podcast from Southern Cross Hospitals presents information on venous thromboembolism (VTE), as part of the Reducing Perioperative Harm focus of the Health Quality & Safety Commission’s Open for better care campaign. -
Southern Cross Brightside win competition with surgical safety checklist video
Southern Cross Brightside win competition with surgical safety checklist video
Southern Cross Brightside are the winners of a competition to create an entertaining, educational-style safety video, with a focus on reducing perioperative harm. The competition was run by the Health Quality & Safety Commission’s Open for better care campaign (and in partnership with First, Do No Harm in the Northern region). -
Blood clots can kill
Blood clots can kill
Preventing venous thromboembolism (VTE) is part of the Health Quality & Safety Commission’s ongoing Reducing Perioperative Harm programme. The Open for better care campaign promoted VTE risk assessments and appropriate intervention for all patients having surgery. -
Perioperative harm prevention in the media
Perioperative harm prevention in the media
The perioperative harm focus of Open for better care has had a great amount of exposure in the media during the focus period from April–September 2014. -
Perioperative harm grand rounds
Perioperative harm grand rounds
The chair of the Health Quality & Safety Commission’s Perioperative Harm Advisory Group, Mr Ian Civil, with support from other advisory group members, has presented at hospital grand rounds throughout the country during the campaign.
