EPI-Insight, Volume 10, 2009

Volume 10, Issue 12, December 2009
This issue contains: 

• Dominic Whyte 1965 - 2009 
• Antimicrobial resistance surveillance in Ireland: marking 10 years of EARSS, 1999-2009 
• Measles outbreak escalates 
• Childhood vaccination rates at record levels 
• World AIDS Day, December 1st 2009 
• Latest HPSC reports

Volume 10, Issue 11, November 2009
This issue contains:

• New enhanced surveillance for Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 - admissions to Intensive Care Units of Irish hospitals
• Lyme disease often under diagnosed says HPSC
• HPSC consults on Standard and Transmission-based Precautions Guidelines
• Outpatient antibiotic use in Ireland in the first half of 2009
• Enhanced surveillance of the initial cases of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 in Ireland, 28th April - 18th July 2009
• Latest HPSC reports 

Volume 10, Issue 10, October 2009
This issue contains:

• Update on influenza surveillance in Ireland 
• Hajj pilgrims must get vaccinated against influenza 
• Global antibiotics strategy needed to tackle multidrug-resistant bacteria 
• Latest HPSC reports  

 Volume 10, Issue 9, September 2009
This issue contains:

• Influenza surveillance in Ireland 
• New national guidelines for the control of legionnaires' disease in Ireland 
• Epidemiology of Verotoxigenic E. coli In Ireland, 2008 
• hpsc.ie essential reading as visitors up 300% since pandemic declared 
• Latest HPSC reports 

Volume 10, Issue 8, August 2009
This issue contains:

• Influenza A(H1N1)v update
• Air travellers are not at higher risk of contracting disease - ECDC
• Health Protection 2009 to be held in September
• Latest HPSC reports

Volume 10, Issue 7, July 2009
This issue contains:

• Influenza A(H1N1) update
• HPSC publishes HIV and AIDS figures for 2008
• Hand hygiene compliance
• Latest HPSC reports

Volume 10, Issue 6, June 2009
This issue contains:

• Influenza A(H1N1) update
• 73% MMR uptake for HSE schools mumps campaign
• CIDR switched on in the West
• Updated recommendations to control Enterobacteriaceae issued
• Latest HPSC reports
• ESCAIDE conference for Sweden in October

Volume 10, Issue 5, May 2009
This issue contains:

• Swine Influenza A (H1N1) 
• HSE offers MMR to post junior cert students as mumps cases continue to rise 
• Measles outbreak in the South East 
• National Hepatitis C Database follow up report published 
• Three day Hepatitis C conference for Dublin Castle in June 
• What are care bundles? - Workshops 2009

Volume 10, Issue 4, April 2009 

This issue contains:

• Mumps outbreak escalates
• Health professionals need to be aware of ‘low risk’ Hepatitis E
• In brief…

Volume 10, Issue 3, March 2009 

This issue contains:

• VTEC still significant cause of illness despite small drop in cases
• 1607 cases of Clostridium difficile reported in 2008
• In brief…

Volume 10, Issue 2, February 2009 

This issue contains:

• Record number of Cryptosporidiosis cases reported in 2007
• HPSC sees slight increase in over 65s getting influenza vaccine
• In brief…

Volume 10, Issue 1, January 2009 

This issue contains:

• Botulism in injecting drug users, Dublin, Ireland, 2008
  
• Meningitis in Ireland, 2007/2008