Infection Control of CJD and other TSEs in the Healthcare Setting Sub-committee

Terms of Reference

To update the 2004 Irish guidelines on infection control of CJD and other transmissible spongiform encephalopathies in the healthcare setting in line with best available evidence and international best practice guidelines.

On-going Work
Consultation document

Membership

Dr Robert Cunney, Consultant Microbiologist, HPSC & Temple Street Children's University Hospital, Dublin (Chair)

Dr Ciaran Bolger, Consultant Neurosurgeon, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin

Dr Colette Bonner, Deputy CMO, Department of Health and Children

Dr Francesca Brett, Neuropathologist, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin

Dr Cathal Collins, Specialist Registrar, Microbiology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin

Dr Hal Duncan, Lecturer/Consultant in Endodontics, Trinity College Dublin

Dr Jennifer Kieran, St James's Hospital, Dublin

Helen Meagher, Neurosurgical Theatre, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin

Dr Conor Murphy, Consultant Ophthamologist, Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital

Dr Brian O'Connell, Director, National MRSA Reference Laboratory, St James's Hospital, Dublin

Dr Emer O'Connell, Consultant in Public Health Medicine, HSE West

Dr Joan O'Riordan, Consultant Haematologist, Irish Blood Transfusion Service

Toney Thomas, Infection Control Nurse, Beaumont Hospital

Pat Turner, CSSD Manager, Beaumont Hospital

Dr Michael Walsh, Consultant ENT Surgeon, Beaumont Hospital

Last updated: 30 January 2012