Publications

Healthcare-associated infections and antimicrobial use in long-term care facilities: the Irish experience with the HALT surveys - Journal of Hospital Infection, 2015 Apr;89(4):276-80

Report on healthcare-associated infections and antimicrobial use in Irish long-term care facilities published - Epi-Insight, Volume 15, Issue 4, April 2014

Importance of standardisation of HAI definitions in interpretation of international and/or multinational prevalence studies. Cotter M, Donlon S, Fitzpatrick F.  Euro Surveill. 2012 Sep 13;17(37):pii: 20269-70. PMID:22995433 

Healthcare-associated infections in European long-term care facilities: how big is the challenge? - Eurosurveillance, Vol 17 Iss 35, 30 Aug 2012

Healthcare-associated infections in long-term care facilities (HALT) in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, January to March 2011 - Eurosurveillance, Vol 17 Iss 35, 30 Aug 2012

Donlon S, Roche F, Byrne H, Dowling S, Cotter M, Fitzpatrick F.  A national survey of infection control and antimicrobial stewardship structures in Irish long-term care facilities. Am J Infect Control. 2012 Nov 10. [Epub ahead of print]

Healthcare-associated infection in Irish long-term care facilities: results from the First National Prevalence Study. Cotter M, Donlon S, Roche F, Byrne H, Fitzpatrick F.J Hosp Infect. 2012 Mar;80(3):212-6.

A national survey of infection control and antimicrobial stewardship structures in Irish long-term care facilities. Donlon S, Roche F, Byrne H, Dowling S, Cotter M, Fitzpatrick F. Am J Infect Control. 2012 Nov 10. doi:pii: S0196-6553(12)00930-3. 10.1016/j.ajic.2012.06.010. PMID:23149086

Last updated: 20 May 2015