Dr Anne Sheehan ⁦Department of Public Health HSE South West⁩ opening the SafePatientCareConf ⁦UCC Ireland⁩ ⁦UCC School of Public Health⁩ today #SPC2023 #healthprotection #infectionprevention

Very informative session this morning SafePatientCareConf looking forward to the rest of the day Maura Smiddy *Wash Your Hands* UCC School of Public Health HSE Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) Department of Public Health HSE South West Sinead Horgan #SPC2023

⁦Eleanor McCarthy⁩ presenting on categories of #riskassessment in healthcare ⁦SafePatientCareConf⁩ ⁦UCC School of Public Health⁩ ⁦HSE Ireland⁩ ⁦HSE Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC)⁩ ⁦Josephine Galway⁩ ⁦Eimear Brannigan 🇪🇺🇮🇪🇬🇧⁩ ⁦Nursing Homes Ireland⁩ ⁦Leading Healthcare Providers Skillnet⁩ ⁦@NationalQPS⁩ #IPC

Fantastic presentation from @petermbarrett1 and Orla Bruton on Public Health updates and emerging challenges and giving some positive outcomes from covid-19 pandemic! SafePatientCareConf Maura Smiddy *Wash Your Hands* @petermbarrett1 Department of Public Health HSE South West HSE Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC)

Risk assessment in community healthcare presented by Eleanor McCarthy and Trisha Hogan at UCC Safe Patient Care Conference this morning Gwen Kelly-Regan @nagolettenna Callum Ryan SafePatientCareConf

Great use of case studies by ⁦Trisha Hogan⁩ ⁦SafePatientCareConf⁩ ⁦UCC School of Public Health⁩ ⁦Department of Public Health HSE South West⁩ to illustrate #riskassessment #IPC #risk ⁦NMPDU South West⁩ ⁦HSE Ireland⁩ ⁦HSE Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC)⁩ ⁦HIQA⁩ ⁦@NationalQPS⁩ #infectionprevention

Eleanor McCarthy and Trisha Hogan presenting the #IPC point-of-care risk assessment to be used before every patient / client interaction SafePatientCareConf UCC School of Public Health Caroline Seacy 😈 HSE Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) HSE Ireland Leading Healthcare Providers Skillnet Nursing Homes Ireland UCC School of Nursing & Midwifery 🌈 #infectionprevention #SPC2023

Brenda O’Sullivan Connolly presenting on the risk of #aspergillosis and building works ⁦SafePatientCareConf⁩ ⁦Department of Public Health HSE South West⁩ ⁦UCC School of Public Health⁩ ⁦HSE Ireland⁩ ⁦HSE Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC)⁩ Bróna Fletcher⁩ #riskassessment #IPC #infectionprevention #risk

⁦@Chattertwit⁩ discussing #compassionate #leadership in #healthcare ⁦SafePatientCareConf⁩ ⁦UCC School of Public Health⁩ ⁦Department of Public Health HSE South West⁩ #SPC2023 #caring #compassion to support #HCWs. ⁦HSE Ireland⁩ ⁦HSE Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC)⁩ ⁦@NationalQPS⁩ ⁦@QPSTALKTIME⁩

Consideration of #HumanFactors and embedding into practice is essential to #patientsafety with Patricia Sheehan, Antimicrobial Pharmacist Department of Public Health HSE South West SafePatientCareConf UCC School of Public Health Maura Smiddy *Wash Your Hands* #healthcare #safety

Patricia Sheehan, Community Antimicrobial Pharmacist Department of Public Health HSE South West discussing #HumanFactors in the healthcare setting. Systems approaches supporting #HF #patientsafety SafePatientCareConf UCC School of Public Health Mala Shah David O'Riordan Aoife Fleming UCC Pharmacy Society UCC Medicine & Health HSE Ireland

Some fantastic #research and #quality improvement posters today at ⁦SafePatientCareConf⁩ ⁦UCC School of Public Health⁩ ⁦Department of Public Health HSE South West⁩ ⁦HSE Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC)⁩ ⁦HSE Ireland⁩ ⁦@NationalQPS⁩ #infectionprevention #healthprotection

⁦Josephine Galway⁩ discussing leadership in action #infectionprevention #patientsafety ⁦SafePatientCareConf⁩ ⁦UCC School of Public Health⁩ ⁦Department of Public Health HSE South West⁩ ⁦HSE Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC)⁩ ⁦Eimear Brannigan 🇪🇺🇮🇪🇬🇧⁩ ⁦HSE Ireland⁩ ⁦@NationalQPS⁩

Eimear Brannigan 🇪🇺🇮🇪🇬🇧 presenting on the work of #AMRIC and #patientsafety SafePatientCareConf UCC School of Public Health UCC Medicine & Health @IPCI5 IPS HSE Ireland HSE Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) Helen Murphy Barbara Slevin #infectionprevention #education #Training

A great finish to the SafePatientCareConf #safepatientcare #SPC2023 with Eimear Brannigan 🇪🇺🇮🇪🇬🇧 discussing the work of the AMRIC team over the last few years and into the future! UCC Ireland HSE Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) Josephine Galway Maura Smiddy *Wash Your Hands* Julie Arnott MPH 😈 HSE Ireland HSeLanD #infectionprevention #patientsafety

'Human factors in the healthcare setting' really interesting session presented by Patricia Sheehan SafePatientCareConf Eleanor McCarthy Maura Smiddy *Wash Your Hands* UCC School of Public Health Trisha Hogan Department of Public Health HSE South West

⁦Eimear Brannigan 🇪🇺🇮🇪🇬🇧⁩ discussing the risk assessment approach in #IPC and the support of #national #guidelines ⁦SafePatientCareConf⁩ ⁦Department of Public Health HSE South West⁩ ⁦UCC School of Public Health⁩ using scenarios to support #learning⁩ ⁦HSE Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC)⁩ ⁦Helen Murphy⁩ ⁦Barbara Slevin⁩

Great to have you Louise Carlton!

Thank you to all the speakers and attendees at todays conference in UCC School of Public Health in association with Department of Public Health HSE South West. Some fantastic learning & networking with colleagues. #infectionprevention #healthprotection #PublicHealth Louise Carlton Josephine Galway Eimear Brannigan 🇪🇺🇮🇪🇬🇧 Maura Smiddy *Wash Your Hands*

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