Napier- Hospitals

Paper Supports Focus On Hospitals Hand Hygiene

A paper 1 published today in the New Zealand Medical Journal supports a focus on improving hand hygiene in hospitals to reduce hospitalacquired infections Implementation of the Hand Hygiene New Zealand HHNZ programme began at Auckland District Health Board DHB in January 2009 Health care workers in each ward and clinical area were provided with ... Read More

Take the Sting Out of Shots

ARA Kids hate needles Many adults do too In fact millions of people get extremely anxious when they have to receive a shot because they are afraid it will hurt This fear of getting a shot is a major concern since children need a lot of them They need vaccinations or quotshotsquot to be protect them from dangerous diseases including measles mump... Read More