Guidance & Publications

AMRIC have consolidated all existing CPE guidance into one overall consolidated guidance document V1.0 Management and Control of Carbapenemase Producing Enterobacterales (CPE) in all Healthcare Settings as at 20.12.22.

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 It has been replaced by NCEC National Clinical Guideline No. 30 Infection Prevention and Control which is available at the following link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/

Irish Guidance

• CPE resources for health professionals in Ireland

International Guidance

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

Published 2025

WHO Guidance - Guidelines for the prevention and control of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae, Acinetobacter baumannii and Pseudomonas aeruginosa in health care facilities 

Published 2017