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The Health Improvement and Innovation Resource Centre (HIIRC) is your source of knowledge to improve New Zealand’s health care system. Sponsored by the Ministry of Health, HIIRC has been developed to support performance and quality improvement efforts.
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The Health Improvement and Innovation Resource Centre (HIIRC) is your source of knowledge to improve New Zealand’s health care system. Sponsored by the Ministry of Health, HIIRC has been developed to support performance and quality improvement efforts.
Important note: This site is no longer being actively maintained and is presented here as an online archive. While it still contains a wealth of useful information, visitors who want to receive the latest health information should register to receive the fortnightly email Digest. This will link you directly to articles of interest in the key areas covered by this site. You can register for the Digest here.
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- Patient experience of source isolation: Lessons for clinical practice
- Bacterial contamination of unused, disposable non-sterile gloves on a hospital orthopaedic ward
- Implementing and sustaining a hand hygiene culture change programme at Auckland District Health Board
- Colonisation with Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pyogenes in New Zealand preschool children
- Introduction of practice changes to reduce central venous catheter associated blood stream infections in haemodialysis patients
International Literature
- Accuracy of the “traffic light” clinical decision rule for serious bacterial infections in young children with fever: A retrospective cohort study (Australia)
- Infection prevention as “a show”: A qualitative study of nurses’ infection prevention behaviours (England)
- Relationship between shared patient care items and healthcare-associated infections: A systematic review
- Reduction in catheter-associated urinary tract infections by bundling interventions (U.S.)
- Safety by design: Effects of operating room floor marking on the position of surgical devices to promote clean air flow compliance and minimise infection risks (The Netherlands)
