HPSC Publications

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Annual Reports
Health Protection Surveillance Centre Annual Reports
TB Annual Reports

Bulletins
Epi-Insight

Information Leaflets for the General Public

Guidance

2013

Surveillance, Diagnosis and Management of Clostridium difficile Infection in Ireland: Update of 2008 Guidance (2013)

Guidelines for the Prevention and Control of Multi-drug resistant organisms (MDRO) excluding MRSA in the healthcare setting

2012

The Management of Viral Haemorrhagic Fevers in Ireland (2012)

National Hepatitis C Database – 2012 Report

EMI - Guidelines for the emergency management of injuries (2012)

Management of Infectious Disease in Childcare Facilities and Other Childcare Settings (2012)

Chlamydia Screening in Ireland: a pilot study of opportunistic screening for genital Chlamydia trachomatis infection in Ireland (2007-2009)

Investigation of an increase in the incidence of narcolepsy in children and adolescents in 2009 and 2010: Final Report of National Narcolepsy Study Steering Committee

Case Definitions for Notifiable Diseases (2012)

Guidelines for the early clinical and public health management of bacterial meningitis (including meningococcal disease) (2012) 

2011

Guidelines for the Prevention of Catheter-associated Urinary Tract Infection (2011)

Guidelines for Antimicrobial Prescribing in Primary Care in Ireland (2011)

Guidelines for the prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia in adults in Ireland (2011)

2010

National Hepatitis C Database Follow-up Report (2010)

Guidelines on the Prevention and Control of Tuberculosis in Ireland, 2010 

2009

Prevention of Intravascular Catheter-related Infection in Ireland (2009)

Guidelines for Antimicrobial Stewardship in Hospitals in Ireland, 2009

National Guidelines for the Control of Legionellosis in Ireland, 2009

Infection Prevention and Control Building Guidelines for Acute Hospitals in Ireland (2009)

National Hepatitis C Database for infection acquired through blood and blood products: Follow Up Report 2009 (2009)

2008

Surveillance, Diagnosis and Management of Clostridium difficile-associated disease in Ireland (2008)

2007

Guidance on the Management of Outbreaks of Noroviral Infection in Tourist and Leisure Industry Settings (2007)

National Hepatitis C Database for infection acquired through blood and blood products (2007)

2006

The Management of Invasive Group A Streptococcal Infections in Ireland (2006)

2005

Guidelines for Hand Hygiene in Irish Health Care Settings (2005)

Report of the HPSC Sub-Committee on Verotoxigenic E.coli (2005)

Surveillance of Sexually Transmitted infections (STIs) in Ireland: A Report by the Scientific Advisory Committee of the HPSC (2005)

The Control and Prevention of MRSA in Hospitals and in the Community (2005) 

The Need for Chlamydia Screening in Ireland (2005) 

2004

Guidelines on Minimising the Risk of Transmission of Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies in Healthcare Settings in Ireland (2004)

Preventing Foodborne Disease: A Focus on the Infected Food Handler (2004)

Report of the Waterborne Cryptosporidiosis Subcommittee (2004)

2003

Acute Gastroenteritis in Ireland, North and South. A Telephone Survey (2003)

Case Definitions for Notifiable Diseases (2003)

National Guidelines On The Management Of Outbreaks Of Norovirus Infection In Healthcare Settings (2003)

Recommendations on Surveillance of Antimicrobial Resistance in Ireland (2003)

2002

Biological Threat Agents (2002)

Guidelines for Control of Measles in Ireland (2002)

National Guidelines for the Prevention of Nosocomial Invasive Aspergillosis during Construction / Renovation Activities (2002)

The Management of Legionnaires' Disease in Ireland (2002)

The Management of Viral Haemorrhagic Fevers in Ireland (2002)

2001

A Strategy for the Control of Antimicrobial Resistance in Ireland (2001)

Review of Notifiable Diseases and the Process of Notification (2001)

Last updated: 26 March 2013