Guidance for Healthcare Professionals
The Guidance for Healthcare Professionals includes the following guidelines:
1. Management of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
2. Infection Control in Hospitals
3. Laboratory Diagnosis of SARS: Updated Guidance
4. WHO hospital discharge and follow-up policy for patients who have been diagnosed with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
5. Guidance for General Practitioners on Infection Control Precautions necessary for the Management, at Home of Patients (and their contacts) with Suspected or Probable Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
6. Assessment and Management of Suspect SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) Cases by General Practitioners
7. Assessment for Home Isolation
8. SARS Case on an Airflight-Passenger and Crew Follow-up
9. Respiratory Protection for Health Care Workers caring for Hospitalised Patients with Suspect or Probable SARS: Frequently Asked Questions.
Algorithm for the Management of Returning Travellers from Countries affected by Avian Influenza Presenting with Febrile Respiratory Illness
Updated February 2006
SARS Department of Health and Children Expert Group updated interim guidelines for healthcare professionals on the management of SARS
Updated August 2005
Updated guidelines for the global surveillance of SARS
Updated August 2005
Interim GP Guidance on the Management of SARS
Updated 19th February 2004
Advice for Contacts
Updated 7th July 2003
Health Alert for Healthcare Workers
Updated 19th February 2004
Reporting Form for SARS - post outbreak period
19th February 2004
Reporting Form - SARS transmission globally
19th February 2004
News
- Measles outbreak in West Cork - update
15 May 2012 - Sexual Health Awareness Week 28-31 May 2012
03 May 2012 - Eliminating measles – personal stories
26 April 2012
Publications
- HIV & AIDS in Ireland, 2011
17 May 2012 - Hepatitis C Notifications, Quarter 4 - 2011
17 May 2012 - Hepatitis B Notifications, Quarter 4 - 2011
17 May 2012 - Weekly Influenza Report, Week 19, 2012
17 May 2012





