Join our audience-led question and answer webinar on ‘Winter planning‘, taking place on Wednesday 23 September, 17:00 – 18:00. This webinar is free to attend and open to members of all infection societies. 

Please note that to join the webinar you must register in advance and it will not be possible to register after 16.00 on the day of…[Read more]

Hello IPCIreland members
Terry Smith from Our Lady’s Hospice has produced a FAQ on face masks which she has kindly agreed to share with everyone.
Sharing of information, polices, protocols, posters supports each other in IPC in this stressful time and helps provide us with better time management in preventing each of us reinventing the wh…[Read more]

HBS Recruit has advertised a recruitment campaign for HBS09326 – Director of Nursing 1 Infection Prevention & Control.Open for applications: Tuesday, 8th September 2020.

Closing date: Tuesday, 29th September 2020 at 12 noon.Full details on these campaigns – Application Form, Additional Campaign Information and Job Specification are available on…[Read more]

Hi All,

I have a query re OGD procedures;

Are any endoscopy units testing their OGD patients for covid-19 prior to their OGD and are endoscopy units considering OGDs as aerosol generating procedures  and selecting PPE accordingly, i.e FFP masks.

The guidance is a little contradictory in that OGDs are not definitively recognised as AGPs but a p…[Read more]

Hello IPCIreland members

Please find enclosed job advert:

Four IPC CNS permanent posts in Community Healthcare East are currently advertised at HSE JOBS: https://www.hse.ie/eng/staff/jobs/job-search/nursing/hbs09185-clinical-nurse-specialist-infection-prevention-and-control-.htmlSuccessful applicants will be working as part of a IPC team…[Read more]

Hello all
Please note the following approved documents are now live on HPSC:

V1.1 – Framework – Interim HSE Guidance on Infection Prevention and Control as at 10/08/2020
V1.1 Interim Guidance on Infection Prevention and Control for the Health Service Executive 2020 as at 10/08/2020
V5. Infection Control Guiding Principles for Buildings Acute…[Read more]

Hello all

Anyone using Acetic Acid down your drains?

If yes what concentration do you use, for how long do you leave it and what is your frequency for using it?

Thank you in advance.

Kind regards

Lenora

Hello IPCIreland Members

Any of you allowing fabric face masks for use by staff in your hospitals?

kind regards

Lenora

Chair

IPCIreland

Dear Colleague/s,
The Department of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Education and Health Sciences, University of Limerick wishes to announce the launch of a new Master’s degree programme (please see flyer attached and link here), and to advise below of a suite of infection prevention and control continuing professional education (CPE) o…[Read more]

Thank you to Joanna & Margaruite, MUH, Cork for forwarding these articles on Face-visors.

Hello IPCIreland members

Can you please advise if any of your administration staff in clinical areas (where there is no perspex screen) wear face visors instead of masks?

We are having problems with masks especially during phone-calls.

Regards

Lenora

Chair IPCIreland