Epi-Insight, Volume 22, 2021
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Volume 22, Issue 6, November 2021
This issue contains:
- Pregnant and Post-Partum women admitted to Intensive Care with confirmed COVID-19 infection - 1st March 2020 to 30th September 2021
- Surveillance of influenza, respiratory syncytial virus and other respiratory viruses during the 2020/2021 influenza season
- Influenza vaccine uptake among healthcare workers and residents in public health care facilities in Ireland between seasons 2011–2012 and 2019–2020
- Substantial increase in influenza vaccine uptake among healthcare workers during the 2020-2021 season
- Influenza season 2020/2021 – Influenza vaccine uptake among those 65 years and older
- ICN 2021 Congress, November 2nd to 4th 2021
- Make your intention infection prevention
- Health Service Excellence Awards 2021
- Latest Reports and Publications
- WHO and ECDC free online training resources
Volume 22, Issue 5, September 2021
This issue contains:
- Prevalence of COVID-19 in Irish Healthcare Workers (PRECISE 2, April 2021)
- COVID-19 surveillance robot: vital public health resource following the HSE cyberattack
- National SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) Wastewater Surveillance Programme in Ireland publishes first weekly surveillance report
- National Serosurveillance Programme being established in HPSC
- National Guidelines for Public Health management of contacts of cases of COVID-19
- Syphilis outbreak in Ireland is ongoing
- Latest Reports and Publications
- WHO and ECDC free online training resources
Volume 22, Issue 4, July 2021
This issue contains:
- Summary of ICU admissions in children with COVID-19 in Ireland as reported to HPSC; March 2020 to April 2021
- Increase in Early Infectious Syphilis in Ireland
- Monkeypox cases reported in UK
- Production of HPSC daily and weekly reports disrupted due to cyber attack on HSE IT systems
- Latest Reports and Publications
- WHO and ECDC free online training resources
Volume 22, Issue 3, May 2021
This issue contains:
- National study of COVID-19 in Ireland shows links between underlying conditions and poorer outcomes
- World Hand Hygiene Day - 5th May 2021
- National Hand Hygiene Compliance Results
- National SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) Wastewater Surveillance Programme in Ireland
- Recent increases in IID pathogen notifications
- Lyme disease: raising awareness
- Publication of scoping study to inform a survey on knowledge, attitudes and behaviours on sexual health and wellbeing in Ireland
- ESCAIDE 2021 - Call for abstracts opened until 19 May
- WHO and ECDC free online training resources
- Latest Reports and Publications
Volume 22, Issue 2, March 2021
This issue contains:
- Epidemiological report of COVID-19 cases in Ireland during the third pandemic wave; November 22nd to February 21st 2021
- COVID-19: Summary of adult admissions to Intensive Care Units in Ireland, up to 31st January 2021
- SARS-CoV-2 Variants of Concern in Ireland
- Concurrent outbreaks of hepatitis A virus in Dublin beginning November 2020
- Antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 in Hospital Healthcare Workers in Ireland
- World TB Day - March 24th 2021
- Effects of migration on tuberculosis epidemiology
- COVID-19 surveillance robot: rapid innovation for public health pandemic management
- IPC and AMR eLearning foundation programme
- Genomic surveillance of SARS-CoV-2
- HPSC successfully retain ISO27001 Information Security Certification
- Latest Reports and Publications
Volume 22, Issue 1, January 2021
This issue contains:
- Pandemic has created the most challenging times for Health Protection and Public Health practitioners
- The COVID-19 vaccine is here
- Management of COVID-19 outbreaks in the workplace guidance
- Close contacts will not now generally be referred for COVID-19 test
- International Contact Tracing of COVID-19
- European Scientific Conference on Applied Infectious Disease Epidemiology (ESCAIDE) 2020 online conference highlights
- Barriers and facilitators to seasonal influenza vaccination among nurses
Last updated: 3 November 2021