Date: March 16, 2021
Published: March 16, 2021 A new infection prevention and control (IPC) and antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) eLearning foundation programme is now available on the HSE elearning platform at https://www.hseland.ie. The IPC and AMR eLearning foundation programme h...
Date: March 5, 2021
Published: March 5, 2021 HPSC successfully retained its ISO27001 Information Security certification following a two-day audit in December. Steve Shawyer, HPSC’s Information Security and IT manager commented “Since the onset of the COVID-19 emergency, HPSC’s op...
Date: February 12, 2021
Published: February 12, 2021 The guidance New SARS-CoV-2 variants with multiple spike protein mutations: Interim guidance on required actions for all Clinicians, Hospitals and Public Health Staff has been updated today. The Minister for Health has added an add...
Date: January 27, 2021
Published: January 27, 2021 Background More commonly known as ‘bird’ flu, avian influenza refers to a type of infection that occurs in aquatic birds and fowl and poultry. It is caused by Avian Influenza Type A viruses. There are two types of this virus: Low Pa...
Date: January 26, 2021
Published: January 26, 2021 Anyone who has travelled from South Africa or Brazil to Ireland in the past 14 days is now advised to immediately: A. Self-isolate for a period of 14 days from the date of arrival into Ireland. This advice to self-isolate is stri...
Date: January 22, 2021
Published: January 22, 2021 HSE has published results of the PRECISE study on COVID-19 antibodies in healthcare workers at Irish hospitals. The study looked at antibodies to COVID-19 in healthcare workers (HCWs) in two Irish hospitals. Staff in St. James’s Hos...
Date: January 15, 2021
Published: January 15, 2021 These requirements have been put in place in an effort to prevent and limit spread of variant COVID-19 in Ireland. A. Anyone who has travelled from Great Britain, South Africa or Brazil to Ireland in the past 14 days is now advised...
Date: January 6, 2021
Published: January 6, 2021 In response to the high prevalence of COVID-19 now circulating in our community, the HSE is asking everyone in Ireland to stay at home, and to effectively act like they have COVID-19. This is in response to the very high rates of pos...
Date: January 1, 2021
Published: January 29, 2021 The COVID-19 interim case definition for Ireland has been updated as of Wednesday 27th January 2020. It has been updated to include notification of positive results from Antigen Detection Tests (ADTs) carried out in the public healt...
Date: January 23, 2019
Published: January 23, 2019 The HSE is advising the public to remain vigilant regarding meningitis and reminded parents to ensure their children are fully vaccinated as per the Primary Childhood Immunisation Programme. Current situation Twenty meningococcal ca...
Date: January 21, 2019
Published: January 21, 2019 Several countries in South America have recently reported increased detections of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS). While numerous sporadic cases and small clusters of HPS cases have previously been reported in most of South Amer...
Date: January 15, 2019
Published: January 15, 2019 The HSE is advising the public to remain vigilant regarding meningitis and reminded parents to ensure their children are fully vaccinated as per the Primary Childhood Immunisation Programme. Current situation Eleven meningococcal ca...