Epi-Insight, Volume 19, 2018
Volume 19, Issue 12, December 2018
This issue contains:
- Update on the epidemiology of HIV in Ireland and the EU/EEA
- Giardiasis in men who have sex with men
- HPSC produces posters and information on winter wellness
- Elimination of endemic measles transmission in Ireland – but low MMR uptake poses threat
- Irish HIV surveillance evaluation included in compendium of good practices
- Latest HPSC Reports
Volume 19, Issue 11, November 2018
This issue contains:
- Overview of the 2017/18 influenza season in Ireland
- HPSC Annual Epidemiological Report, 2017
- Reported increase in acute flaccid myelitis in USA during 2018
- HPSC turns twenty
- European HIV-Hepatitis Testing Week 2018
- Increase in West Nile Virus in Europe
- ECDC outbreak and flu online courses available
- Job vacancy at HPSC
- Latest HPSC reports
Volume 19, Issue 10, October 2018
This issue contains:
- Uptake of seasonal flu vaccine in acute hospitals and long term care facilities in Ireland in 2017-2018
- Monkeypox cases in the UK
- Safe Patient Care: Infection Prevention & Control Course, September 2018
- Drug-related bloodborne viruses in Ireland
- Latest HPSC reports
Volume 19, Issue 9, September 2018
This issue contains:
- Measles outbreaks in Ireland and Europe - updated NIAC guidance on pre travel vaccination
- Imported case of ceftriaxone resistant gonorrhoea in Ireland, 2018
- Call for ECDC Fellowship Programme (EPIET & EUPHEM) cohort 2019
- Surveillance Scientists Association of Ireland (SSAI) AGM, April 2018
- Latest HPSC reports
Volume 19, Issue 8, August 2018
This issue contains:
- Influenza and pertussis vaccine uptake in pregnant women, Ireland 2017-2018
- Preparation for mass gatherings - more than a wing and a prayer
- Updates to case definitions for notifiable diseases
- Compost, potting mix and mulches can be low risk source of infection
- Latest HPSC reports
This issue contains:
- Heatwave alert: VTEC, the summer season and food safety
- Dolutegravir in pregnancy: concerns for increased risk of neural tube defects with early pregnancy exposure
- World Hepatitis Day - July 28th
- Legionellosis in the spotlight
- Hepatitis C in Ireland 2018
- EMI Guidelines amended regarding the HIV PEP recommendations
- Campylobacter outbreak among Irish university students, Morocco, January 2018
- ECDC develops online course to boost influenza vaccination among healthcare workers
- Latest HPSC reports
This issue contains:
- Measles: an ongoing threat to public health in Ireland and Europe
- Spotlight on Human Parvovirus B19
- Safe Patient Care: Infection Prevention & Control Course, September 2018
- Outbreak of Ebola in Democratic Republic of Congo 2018
- HIV Ireland marks Irish AIDS Day with Red Ball on 16th June
- FPHMI Summer Scientific Meeting, May 2018
- Latest HPSC reports
This issue contains:
- Preliminary Results of Opinion Survey: National Hand Hygiene Compliance Audits of Acute Hospitals
- Spotlight on Listeria
- World Hand Hygiene Day 2018
- Lyme Disease Awareness Day
- Latest HPSC reports
Volume 19, Issue 4, April 2018
This issue contains:
- Influenza activity finally fell below baseline levels in late March
- Measles in Ireland – weeks 1-12, 2018
- Public Health England reports multi-drug resistant gonorrhoea strain
- European Immunization Week 2018: vaccination is an individual right and shared responsibility
- Latest HPSC reports
Volume 19, Issue 3, March 2018
This issue contains:
- Integrating recent infection monitoring into national HIV surveillance: 2016 results
- Latest news on Avian Influenza
- Infection risk from animals to humans: farmers’ knowledge, and transmission prevention practices
- World TB Day 2018
- Latest HPSC reports
Volume 19, Issue 2, February 2018
This issue contains:
- Epidemiological update on multi-country outbreak of hepatitis A in Europe mostly affecting MSM
- Influenza activity in Ireland remains at high levels
- National Guidelines for the Prevention of Nosocomial Aspergillosis
- European Commission seeks NGO representatives for ECDC Advisory Forum
- Latest HPSC reports
Volume 19, Issue 1, January 2018
This issue contains:
- Uptake of seasonal influenza vaccine in HSE funded hospitals and long term care facilities in Ireland
- Practical guidance for healthcare workers on HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in Ireland
- Measles outbreak 2017 - update
- Findings from the Men who have Sex with Men Internet Survey (MISI) 2015
- Latest HPSC reports
Last updated: 4 December 2018