EPI-Insight, Volume 12, 2011
Volume 12, Issue 12, December 2011
This issue contains:
- HSE launches awareness campaign about proper antibiotic use
- Sustained surge in VTEC cases over last number of weeks
- World AIDS Day 2011: getting to zero
- Five top tips to prevent infections in long-term care settings
- Computerised Infectious Disease Reporting (CIDR) system now implemented in all HSE regions
- UCC postgraduate certificate in health protection to start in January
- Feedback sought on viral haemorrhagic fever guidelines
- Latest HPSC reports
Volume 12, Issue 11, November 2011
This issue contains:
- Significant HSE initiatives to mark European Antibiotic Awareness Day
- Healthcare workers and at risk groups urged to get flu vaccine
- Guidelines on diagnosis and management of urinary tract infection in elderly residents published
- Epidemiology of influenza in Ireland for the 2010/2011 influenza season
- Epidemiology of Verotoxigenic E. coli in Ireland, 2010
- Feedback sought on meningitis guidelines
- Safe patient care conference
- Measles outbreak in Eastern Ireland, 2011
- Eight cases of botulism reported in France
- Clusters of acute respiratory illness associated with human enterovirus 68: Asia, Europe, and USA, 2008 - 2010
- Latest HPSC reports
Volume 12, Issue 10, October 2011
This issue contains:
- Study finds no CRE in Irish critical care units
- Seasonal influenza vaccination - 2011 / 2012 season
- Study examines decline in MenC3 and Hib booster vaccination uptake
- Guidelines for the Prevention of Catheter-associated Urinary Tract Infection published
- US authorities issue alert about TNF-α antagonists and Legionella and Listeria bacteria
- Oseltamivir resistant influenza A(H1N1)2009 cluster in Australia
- Positive feedback for infection prevention and control course
- ESCAIDE conference for Stockholm in November
- Latest HPSC reports
Volume 12, Issue 9, September 2011
This issue contains:
- Second report on healthcare associated infection in long-term care facilities published
- SARI 2010 annual report published
- Infection control courses for non specialist healthcare workers to take place in Cork and Dublin in September
- HPSC publishes new patient information leaflets on CRE
- Latest HPSC reports
Volume 12, Issue 8, August 2011
This issue contains:
- Five pertussis cases linked to national school in Northwest
- National pilot study on catheter-related Infection in Irish intensive care units published
- CJD consultation deadline extended
- Latest HPSC reports
Volume 12, Issue 7, July 2011
This issue contains:
- New study to detect prevalence of CRE hospital infection in Irish critical care units
- World Hepatitis Day 28 July 2011
- Prevention of perinatal transmission of hepatitis B
- New Community Infection Control and Prevention Manual produced for HSE East
- Majority of measles cases in Ireland are in HSE East
- HPSC - Lenus - collaboration aids successful dissemination of material
- Consultation underway on update to MRSA guidelines
- Consultation underway on revised CJD guidelines
- Infection control course for non specialist healthcare workers to take place in September
- Latest HPSC reports
Volume 12, Issue 6, June 2011
This issue contains:
- HIV and AIDS in Ireland, 2010
- Extensive outbreak of Haemolytic Uraemic Syndrome caused by VTEC O104 in Germany
- Work underway on a new public health policy framework
- Irish healthcare settings mark WHO hand hygiene day
- ECDC reports rise in measles cases during 2010
- HPSC now on Twitter
- Updated guidelines for the management of common infections published
- Zoonoses annual conference for UCD in June
- WHO reports Ebola case in Uganda
- Latest HPSC reports
Volume 12, Issue 5, May 2011
This issue contains:
- Save Lives: Clean Your Hands - WHO Hand Hygiene Day - 5th May
- HIQA supports WHO 'Save lives: clean your hands' initiative
- Two human cases of Salmonella typhimurium DT104 linked with raw milk consumption
- HSE publishes new child immunisation guide for parents
- Epidemiology of TB in Ireland, 2008
- CRE - update issued on laboratory detection and infection control measures
- World Malaria Day April 25th 2011 - intending travellers should take protective measures against malaria
- Latest HPSC reports
Volume 12, Issue 4, April 2011
This issue contains:
- New guidelines published to prevent ventilator associated pneumonia
- Two new cases linked with nationwide 'duck egg' outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium DT8
- ECDC toolkits raise awareness of communicable diseases
- World health day 2011 - No action today, no cure tomorrow
- Latest HPSC reports
Volume 12, Issue 3, March 2011
This issue contains:
- Participants sought for follow-on European study into infections at long term care facilities
- Disturbing decline in uptake of meningitis vaccines continues
- Fewer older people availing of influenza vaccine
- HPSC launches new look website
- Latest HPSC reports
Volume 12, Issue 2, February 2011
This issue contains:
- Screening for carbapenem non-susceptible enterobacteriaceae in Ireland
- ECDC publishes forward look risk assessment for flu in Europe
- Conference on Preventing Infection Associated with Intravenous Catheters to be held in March
- Travellers to Uganda alerted about yellow fever outbreak
- Latest HPSC reports
Volume 12, Issue 1, January 2011
This issue contains:
- Blood glucose monitoring: prevention of transmission of blood borne viruses
- Salmonella rates high in infants
- Wexford General's Surgical Site Infection Surveillance programme wins top HSE award
- New HPSC poster to help stop colds and flu
- Healthcare-associated infections are hot topic for January
- ECDC seeks applicants for EPIET programme
- Latest HPSC reports