EPI-Insight, Volume 13, 2012
Volume 13, Issue 12, December 2012
This issue contains:
- Low flu activity and late season outbreaks in Ireland during 2011/2012 flu season
- HPSC publishes survey on hospital infections and antibiotic use in Irish hospitals
- Enhanced Surveillance of Carbapenem resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) in Ireland: 2011
- Study determines flu vaccine uptake among staff in HSE funded hospitals and residential units
- Updated guidance on the public health management of an outbreak of avian influenza
- University of Limerick develops new module in infection prevention and control
- Latest HPSC reports
Volume 13, Issue 11, November 2012
This issue contains:
- New flu guidelines for residential care facilities
- Guidance on management of infectious intestinal disease published
- Antenatal screening shows lowest rates of HIV since screening began
- Feedback sought on updated Clostridium difficile guidelines
- Positive feedback for infection prevention and control courses in Dublin and Cork
- Increase in number of waterborne VTEC outbreaks reported in 2012
- RCPI events to mark European Antibiotics Awareness Day
- UCC now offering postgraduate cert in health protection
- Latest HPSC reports
Volume 13, Issue 10, October 2012
This issue contains:
- Don't forget your flu jab
- New guidelines for the public health management of pertussis published
- Clean hands save lives - online resources available for healthcare staff
- First Irish report of livestock-associated MRSA strain
- Guidelines on emergency management of injuries now available
- HSE publishes National Hepatitis C Strategy
- National Hepatitis C Database Report 2012 published
- Monophasic Salmonella Typhimurium U323 Outbreak
- West Nile Virus: High number of cases in USA this year
- Latest HPSC reports
Volume 13, Issue 9, September 2012
This issue contains:
- Increase in “slapped cheek syndrome” activity requires heightened awareness in pregnancy
- Increased incidence of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection in children in Ireland, 2011-2012
- Increase in enteroviral viral meningitis, 2011-2012
- Swine-origin influenza A(H3N2) variant influenza viruses in North America
- Case Definitions for Notifiable Diseases updated
- Latest HPSC reports
Volume 13, Issue 8, August 2012
This issue contains:
- Significant increase in VTEC reported in 2012
- Pertussis in Ireland – update 2012
- Hantavirus – a visitor from the continent
- Eurosurveillance awarded first impact of 6.15
- Infection control course for healthcare workers takes place in Cork in September
- Latest HPSC reports
Volume 13, Issue 7, July 2012
This issue contains:
- Increase in notification of invasive Group A Streptococcal Infection in Ireland
- Driving change in immunisation
- The role of acute flaccid paralysis surveillance in ensuring Ireland's polio free status
- Tetanus review of cases 1988 - 2012
- World Hepatitis Day - 28th July
- Latest HPSC reports
Volume 13, Issue 6, June 2012
This issue contains:
- HSE ‘clean hands save lives’ campaign to build on improved rates of hand hygiene amongst healthcare workers
- Measles outbreak West Cork May 2012
- Sexual Health Awareness Week, May 2012
- Latest HPSC reports on hepatitis B and hepatitis C notifications
- Roscommon PCCC Awareness Week Targets Hand Hygiene Practice
- Foundation course in infection control and prevention to take place in September
- Latest HPSC reports
Volume 13, Issue 5, May 2012
This issue contains:
- World Hand Hygiene Day - Impact of glove use on hand hygiene
- Study to look at hospital acquired infections and antimicrobial use takes place in May
- Epidemiology of invasive Haemophilus influenzae Disease in Ireland, 2004-2011
- World Malaria Day April 25th 2012 - reminder to intending travellers
- Avian influenza outbreak in Cork
- HPSC doctor is new IMO president
- Call for papers on molecular epidemiology of human pathogens and on epidemiology of leishmaniasis in Europe
- Latest HPSC reports
Volume 13, Issue 4, April 2012
This issue contains:
- Epidemiology of TB in Ireland
- Improved uptake of flu vaccine amongst older people
- Notifying infectious diseases
- Latest HSE audit shows rates of hand hygiene compliance are above target
- Latest HPSC reports
Volume 13, Issue 3, March 2012
This issue contains:
- Increase in Campylobacter notifications during 2011: preliminary analysis of data
- Provisional data shows increase in incidence of pertussis in Ireland
- Four Irish cases associated with international outbreak of Salmonella Newport
- Infection Prevention Society conference to be held in Dublin this May
- Latest HPSC reports
Volume 13, Issue 2, February 2012
This issue contains:
- Cork and Kerry study looks at antibiotic susceptibility in urine samples
- STI data for south east Ireland published along with treatment advice for GPs
- Are you ready for World Hand Hygiene Day 2012?
- Latest HPSC reports
Volume 13, Issue 1, January 2012
This issue contains:
- HPSC publishes 2010 annual report
- Fifteen years of Eurosurveillance: 1996-2011
- Clostridium difficile increasingly recognised as a problem in the community
- Amendment to list of notifiable diseases
- Feedback sought on guidelines for the emergency management of injuries
- In Memoriam: Dr Brian P. O’Herlihy
- ECDC seeks applicants for EPIET programme
- Latest HPSC reports