Viral Gastroenteritis Sub-Committee

Terms of reference

1. To develop national guidelines to assist Specialists in Public Health Medicine, Environmental Health Professionals, Microbiologists, Hospital Clinicians, General Practitioners and Infection Control Professionals in surveillance, diagnosis, definitive laboratory identification, management, prevention and control of illness caused by human calicivirus, rotavirus, astrovirus and human enteric adenovirus in humans.

2. To review current surveillance of these viruses in Ireland and to make recommendations for its improvement.

3. To identify the requirements in relation to the use of diagnostic and reference facilities.

Members

Paul McKeown (Chair)
Health Protection Surveillance Centre

Marina Burd
Infection Control Nurses Association

Sue Codd
Environmental Health Officers Association

Pat Costigan
Academy of Medical Laboratory Science

Suzie Coughlan
National Virus Reference Laboratory

Shea Fanning
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, UCD

Margaret Fitzgerald
RCPI Faculty of Public Health Medcine

Barbara Foley
Health Protection Surveillance Centre

Patricia Garvey
Health Protection Surveillance Centre

William Hall
National Virus Reference Laboratory

Velma Harkins
Irish College of General Practitioners

Maureen Lynch
Irish Society of Clinical Microbiologists

Jeffrey Moon
Food Safety Authority of Ireland

John O'Brien
CEO, St James's Hospital

Margaret O'Sullivan
HSE - S

Thomas Quigley
Food Safety Promotion Board

Last updated: 19th February 2007