Epi-Insight, Volume 17, 2016
Volume 17, Issue 12, December 2016
This issue contains:
- National measles outbreak in Ireland declared over
- New gonorrhoea guidelines published
- World AIDS Day 2016
- ECDC Fellowship Programme for EPIET and EUPHEM paths – Call for applications
- European Antibiotic Awareness Campaign: November Webinar Series on Antibiotic Prescribing
- Influenza vaccination of health care workers - can uptake be improved? – ECDC free online course
- National Annual Antimicrobial Point Prevalence Survey 2016
- Latest HPSC reports
Volume 17, Issue 11, November 2016
This issue contains:
- Campaign to raise professional and public awareness of correct antibiotic use
- European Antibiotic Awareness Day receives the European Health Award 2016
- HIQA revises national standards for the prevention and control of Healthcare Associated Infections in acute healthcare services
- European HIV-Hepatitis Testing Week: Community Testing Sites in Dublin
- Latest HPSC reports
Volume 17, Issue 10, October 2016
This issue contains:
- Measles: Recognise, prevent spread and notify
- Mud runs and infectious disease risks
- Secure data handling at HPSC
- Seasonal flu vaccine uptake in persons aged 65 years and older
- Latest HPSC reports
Volume 17, Issue 9, September 2016
This issue contains:
- Influenza vaccine uptake among healthcare workers in hospitals and long term care facilities
- Feasibility project underway to evaluate potential for electronic surveillance from HIV/STI clinics to CIDR
- Revised guidelines for Emergency Management of Injuries and HIV post-exposure prophylaxis
- Latest HPSC reports
Volume 17, Issue 8, August 2016
This issue contains:
- National measles outbreak – April to July 2016
- New guidance published on management of outbreaks of sexually transmitted infections
- Zika virus infection update
- Latest HPSC reports
- Men who have sex with men internet survey published
- Changes to syphilis case definition
- Safe Patient Care - infection prevention & control: a foundation course for residential care settings
- World Hepatitis Day, 28th July 2016: Trends in hepatitis B and hepatitis C in Ireland
- Latest HPSC reports
- Dr Darina O’Flanagan retires from HPSC
- Zika virus infection update
- Updated protocol for enhanced surveillance of bloodstream infections reported to EARS-Net in Ireland
- Hand hygiene compliance: Call for latest national acute hospital audit data
- Yellow Fever Outbreak - Africa
- Increase in reporting of pertussis in infants
- Stay well when swimming this summer
- Antimicrobial consumption in public acute hospitals, 2015
- Latest HPSC reports
- Rubella eliminated in Ireland
- National increase in HIV and STIs among men who have sex with men in Ireland
- Lyme disease
- Increase in invasive Group A Streptococci (iGAS) notifications in Ireland, Q1 2016
- Measles – think global, act local
- Fatal diphtheria case in unvaccinated 3-year-old child in Belgium 2016
- Lassa fever cases in Europe
- Reminder: Consultation document - Guidelines for the Prevention of Nosocomial Aspergillosis
- Feedback sought on gonorrhoea guidelines
- Latest HPSC reports
Volume 17, Issue 4, April 2016
- Influenza-like illness in Ireland hovering at baseline levels
- Provisional data on sexually transmitted infections, 2015
- Feedback sought on guidelines for the prevention of Nosocomial Aspergillosis
- Provisional 2015 Annual TB Summary Report
- Zika virus infection update
- Close the gap for Immunisation - European Immunisation Week 2016
- Latest HPSC reports
Volume 17, Issue 3, March 2016
Volume 17, Issue 2, February 2016
- Influenza vaccine uptake among healthcare workers – provisional results of survey mid-influenza season
- Irish long-term care facilities invited to participate in HALT 2016
- Update on Zika virus disease
- Latest HPSC reports
Volume 17, Issue 1, January 2016
- Slight increase in flu vaccine uptake in persons aged 65 years and older
- EPIET and EUPHEM: Call for applications
- Hepatitis E is now a notifiable disease
- Polio Prevention - progress in Ireland but international challenges remain
- HPSC publishes epidemiological report for 2014
- Latest HPSC reports
Last updated: 1 December 2016