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There are 742 people hospitalised with flu today as pressure increases on hospitals in the post-Christmas period. CEO Bernard Gloster said “we expect pressure to continue over the coming days and we would urge the public to use alternative healthcare services for treatment such

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💅Authors evaluated the microbial burden on gel polished nails, standard polished nails and unpolished nails before and after an alcohol-based hand rub 📊Compared with unpolished nails, gel polished nails were not associated with a higher bacterial burden ow.ly/EVy950UteNo

Really interesting paper in this month’s Eurosurveillance describing the very challenging situation of a leprosy case with no obvious source in a high-risk congregate setting in Ireland. Very nice work Peter Barrett Corinna Sadlier and team 👏👏 Lack of standardised agreement on

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Very positive engagement and sharing of experiences and skills with a great group and excellent facilitators Roisin and Stephen in Mallow today at the On Feirm Ground 2 study day in Mallow today. I would encourage anyone working in this area to seek out upcoming study dates.

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World Hand Hygiene Day is May 5, and this year’s WHO message says it best: “𝑰𝒕 𝒎𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒃𝒆 𝒈𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒔. 𝑰𝒕’𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒚𝒈𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒆.” Attend the WHO webinar on May 5 | 7:30–9:00 AM ET Register bit.ly/4cZfxKA #HandHygiene #WHO2025 #WeAreIP

Today is #WorldHandHygieneDay! #HandHygiene & glove use 🧤 help protect you & health workers. Remember, it’s important to clean hands: ✅ Before a procedure that involves risk of exposure to body fluids and requires use of medical gloves ✅ After removing medical gloves Learn

Clean hands save lives. Whether you're in healthcare, at home, or out in the community, hand hygiene is one of the simplest and most effective ways to prevent infection and protect health

Great event coming up in early June in Corrin Fermoy facebook.com/share/p/15LPiD…

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Final preparations are underway for HSESouthWest Nursing & Midwifery Regional Conference on Sept 18th Looking forward to welcoming you all to SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh Registration opens @ 08:00hrs Bridie O'Sullivan Georgina Bassett 🇮🇪 ONMSD Sinead Connaire Sinead Horgan

Good hand hygiene is the best way to reduce the spread of infection. The AMRIC Hand Hygiene training on HSeLanD is mandatory for all HSE staff and staff in HSE funded services. Infection prevention is a vital part of providing safe healthcare, and is all our responsibility.

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