Dear All, just wondered does anyone have a guideline in relation to frequency of updating patient notes. Where do you record your note on the patient and how often do you update it?

Thank you Judith

Dear All,
Would anyone have any experience in contributing to IPC in new builds and refurbishments for Household models for Care of the Elderly. Love to chat to you if you have…

Dear colleagues,
There has not been any further cases of LRVRE in St. Vincent’s University Hospital. Molecular typing showed no evidence of transmission within the ICU. The outbreak is deemed over.
Regards, Alison Maguinness
ADON IPC, SVUH

*******HOT OFF THE PRESS *****
Closing date for feedback on HIQA PCHCAI Standards
extended to 2nd December 2016.
We will discuss on Wednesday

Dear all
IPCN position available in Mater University Hospital
For details follow the link below
http://www.hospitaljobs.ie/search.aspx

Dear Colleague,
As part of the Rotunda Hospital’s work to improve patient outcomes and in collaboration with colleagues in the North Dublin City GP Training programme, the School of Pharmacy, RCSI and the Irish College of General Practitioners, the Rotunda Hospital are hosting a mini-symposium with the aim of raising awareness about flu in p…[Read more]

Dear all
CNS IPC position available in the Hermitage clinic
See attached

Alison
Alison Maguinness uploaded new file(s): clinical-nurse-specialist-ipc-hermitage-clinic.docx to Miscellaneous

Dear Colleague

Here: http://www.meningitis.org/assets/x/52217 is a link to Meningitis and Septicaemia: What Happens Next? for your information. This resource, produced by Meningitis Research Foundation, is intended for people who are living with the after effects of meningitis and septicaemia, and their families.

The information within the…[Read more]

Dear colleague
I am pleased to inform you of the publication of National Guidelines for Prevention and Control of Gonorrhoea and for Minimising the impact of Antimicrobial resistance in Neisseria Gonorrhoeae on the website of the Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC). This is a post-consultation draft, pending sign-off by the Scientific…[Read more]

IMPORTANT ******* DRAFT HIQA PCHCAI STANDARDS .. For comment

Dear Colleague,
The Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) has developed the Draft revision of the national standards for the prevention and control of Healthcare Associated Infections. The draft revised national standards are designed to promote a culture of patient safety…[Read more]

Reminder re: Webinar Wednesday 12th October – Hope you can join us!

Dear all,

You are invited to join a webinar:
Stop Campaign Webinar
– With Mary Mc Kenna ADON , HCAI AMR Clinical Programme and the ED Cavan team
Time: Wednesday 12th October at 8.30am – 9.10am
To join the meeting now, click here:…[Read more]

IMSRL Seminar 1st December 2016 – Temple Street
Alison Maguinness uploaded new file(s): irish-meningitis-sepsis-reference-laboratory-seminar.docx to Miscellaneous

Dear colleagues,
Further to earlier e-mail correspondence dated 9th September 2016, I am contacting you to provide an update on the CRE outbreak currently being managed by our colleagues in Tallaght Hospital. The outbreak is caused by an OXA-48 carbapenemase which appears to be on a very easily transmissible plasmid and to date has been detected…[Read more]

IPCN for St Luke’s Radiation Oncology Network
See attached
Alison Maguinness uploaded new file(s): cnm2-ipc-st-lukes-radiation-oncology-network.docx to Miscellaneous

Please see below re Outbreak CRE OXA48 in AMNCH
Dear All,

We have had an outbreak of OXA48-like CRE colonisation in our hospital. It has been detected in Klebsiellas, E. colis and Enterobacters. At present we have twelve cases in the hospital. We have increased screening, increased cleaning and HPV use, reinforced the importance of hand…[Read more]