CANTERBURY DHB QUALITY & PATIENT SAFETY COUNCIL

2003 Canterbury DHB Quality and Innovation Awards

The first annual Canterbury DHB Quality and Innovation Awards attracted 20 projects (detailed in the 2003 Canterbury DHB Quality and Innovation Awards Project Entrees Summary Booklet), which were honoured at an awards ceremony on 1st October 2003.  To access any copies of the projects listed below, please contact Gillian Pearce.

The Winners were as follows:

Supreme Award Winner
A Fast System for Reporting the FM 100-Hue Colour Vision Test, Department of Ophthalmology, Christchurch Hospital
Winners
Bremer HaloTM System - Establishing a Single Use Policy, Burwood Spinal Unit
Going to Hospital and Having an Operation at Christchurch Hospital Preparation Package, Paediatric Department, Christchurch Hospital
Laboratory Utilisation, Education Department, Pegasus Health
Pain Management Protocol, Multidisciplinary Project Group, Ashburton and Community Health Services

Other entrants from the Canterbury DHB were:

Caring for the Elderly, Infirm and Disadvantaged People in our Area, Amberley Community Care
ECGS in Practice, Pegasus Health
Elective Services Demand Management - Implementing a hospital-based interface with primary care (1997-2003), Referrals Centre, Christchurch Hospital
Equipment Recovery, Occupational Therapy, Burwood Hospital
Establishment of a Vascular Studies Unit, Vascular Studies Unit, Christchurch Hospital
Healthy Eating, Nutrition and Physical Activity team, Community and Public Health
Healthy Sports Club Christchurch, Club Mark, Community and Public Health
Leading the Way in Healthy Lifestyles, Canterbury DHB City to Surf Team, Community and Public Health
Locum Medical Officer Scheme, The 24 Hour Surgery
Make a Noise Aotearoa - Mana CD, Hauora Matauraka, Community and Public Health
Multi-disciplinary Review at St John of God Health and Disability Services, St John of God Health and Disability Services
Preventing Medication Based Adverse Events, Kaikoura Pharmacy (1998) Limited
Reducing Allogenic Blood Transfusions to Orthopaedic Patients, Anaesthetic Department, Burwood Hospital and Special Care Unit, Burwood Hospital
Retrospective Audit of Topical Ointment Therapy for Premature Infants, Women's Health Division
The Collection and Benchmarking of Clinical Indicators at Ashburton, Clinical Indicator Project Group, Ashburton and Community Health Services