Information Leaflets for the General Public
The following are information leaflets for the general public available to print and download from the HPSC website. Leaflets on immunisation are available from HSE-National Immunisation Office. Advice on infectious diseases is also available in the factsheets section of each notifiable disease.
Antibiotics: What are antibiotics? 
Information for Patients who are carrying Carbapenem Resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) (screen friendly version)
Information for Patients who are carrying Carbapenem Resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) (printer friendly version)
Carbapenem Resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) Patient Information Leaflet (screen friendly version)
Carbapenem Resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) Patient Information Leaflet (printer friendly version)
Clostridium difficile Patient Information Leaflet
Clean Hands Save Lives: Leaflet for patients, visitors and residents - screen friendly version
Clean Hands Save Lives: Leaflet for patients, visitors and residents - printer friendly version
ESBL information leaflet for patients
(printer-friendly version)
ESBL information leaflet for patients
(screen-friendly version)
Hepatitis B Vaccine - What you need to know
Hepatitis B - Information for people with an intellectual disability, their families and carers
Hepatitis B - You and Your Baby
Someone you know has Hepatitis B
Hepatitis B - What you need to know when you are diagnosed with chronic Hepatitis B
Hepatitis B and You - What you need to know when you are newly diagnosed
National Hepatitis C Database: Patient information leaflet
National Hepatitis C Database: Information for families of deceased persons
You have hepatitis C: What you need to know
This leaflet is also available in Polish and Russian.
Bird Flu Information leaflet
February 2006
Oseltamivir (Tamiflu) for the Prevention of Avian Influenza leaflet (English)
January 2007
Flu (influenza): Information for patients/residents and visitors of healthcare facilities
Flu Vaccine 2012-2013 Frequently Asked Questions
This leaflet is also available in Irish and A3 Poster
Flu Vaccine 2012-2013 Frequently Asked Questions - Information for Pregnant Women
This leaflet is also available in Irish and A3 Poster
Listeriosis and Pregnancy Information Leaflet
Protecting yourself against Tick Bites and Lyme Disease (Leaflet)
Advice for those affected by MRSA outside of a hospital
MRSA Information for Patients and Visitors
Healthcare Associated Infection: Information for Public and Patients
Information for patients about IV (intravenous) lines
Information for dialysis patients with central IV lines
This information booklet for dialysis patients was developed by Aine Connolly, Intravenous Nurse, CUH and Dr Josephine Barry, Consultant Radiologist, CUH, in consultation with: Staff working in the Oncology, Haematology and Haemodialysis Units in Cork University Hospital.
Malaria Protect your Family
Measles Information Leaflet for the Traveller Community - Print version
Meningitis & Septicaemia - Am I at risk? (web version)
Meningitis & Septicaemia - Am I at risk? (print version)
How to Keep Norovirus out of the Health Service (General Public Information)
Respiratory Hygiene and Cough Etiquette Poster
Scabies: How is it treated? Patient Information Leaflet
Leaflet produced by the Department of Public Health and Department of Infection, Prevention and Control Nursing, HSE South
Toxoplasmosis and Pregnancy Information Leaflet
VRE information leaflet for patients
(screen-friendly version)
Urinary Catheters - Your Questions Answered
VRE information leaflet for patients
(printer-friendly version)
News
- Wild poliovirus in Somalia
14 May 2013 - Novel coronavirus: update on cases- 13th May 2013
13 May 2013 - Hepatitis A in travellers returning from Egypt
03 May 2013 - Measles outbreak in England and Wales - update 25/03/2013
25 April 2013
Publications
- Weekly Outbreak Report for Week 18, 2013
15 May 2013 - HIV & STI Report for Week 18, 2013
15 May 2013 - C. difficile Report for Week 18, 2013
15 May 2013 - Infectious Disease Report for Week 18, 2013
15 May 2013
