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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.
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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.
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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
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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 of April–September 2014.
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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.
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Promoting teamwork and communication in theatre
Promoting teamwork and communication in theatre
The perioperative harm focus of Open for better care has told the stories of district health boards leading change and promoting teamwork and communication in theatre.
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Improving patient safety in the operating theatre
Improving patient safety in the operating theatre
From April to September the Health Quality & Safety Commission’s Reducing Perioperative Harm programme has been the focus of the Open for better care patient safety campaign.
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Simple interventions increase pre-surgery briefings in Gisborne
Simple interventions increase pre-surgery briefings in Gisborne
A simple sticker-based auditing system has succeeded in making pre-surgical briefings the norm at Gisborne Hospital.
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Survey finds staff value the surgical safety checklist
Survey finds staff value the surgical safety checklist
A survey of theatre teams at Waitemata District Health Board (DHB) has found most staff appreciate the importance of the surgical safety checklist.
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Voucher win for completing checklist survey
Voucher win for completing checklist survey
Perioperative charge nurse Ricci Marks from Southern Cross Brightside Hospital, was the lucky winner of a restaurant voucher from the Open campaign. Ms Marks won the voucher for completing a survey about use of the World Health Organization’s surgical...
