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Please note Guidelines for control and prevention of MDRO excl MRSA in healthcare setting is no longer available. It has been replaced by NCEC National Clinical Guideline No. 30 Infection Prevention and Control which is available at the following link https://www.gov.ie/en/department-of-health/publications/infection-prevention-and-control-ipc/

Management and Control of Carbapenemase Producing Enterobacterales (CPE) in all Health and Social Care Settings

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Publication Date: 29 September 2025

Guidance relating to the control of CPE and other AMRO in the Irish Prison Service

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Publication Date: January 2020

Irish Guidance

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Guidance relating to healthcare workers colonised with CPE

File Size: (328kB)
Publication Date: 7 May 2019

A guide to treatment of infection with carbapenem resistant organisms ***UNDER REVIEW***

File Size: (699kb)
Publication Date: 7 May 2019

International Guidance

ECDC Guidance - Rapid risk assessment - Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales – third update 

Published 2025

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