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Surveillance of severe acute respiratory infections (SARI)
SARI surveillance in Ireland is a syndromic sentinel hospital surveillance project, which is part of a wider European network of SARI hospitals, E-SARI-NET. There is currently only one SARI sentinel hospital site in Ireland, collecting case-based data. SARI cases are …
Publisher: Health Protection Surveillance Centre · Updated: 2026-03-19 EHDS epidemiology statistics surveillance -
Surveillance of antimicrobial consumption in Ireland
Data on antimicrobials dispensed by hospital pharmacies, and antimicrobials purchased by community pharmacies, are collected and converted into a standardised measure using the World Health Organization ATC/DDD classification. **Purpose:** In scope: To support overall multi-faceted strategy for the control and …
Publisher: Health Protection Surveillance Centre · Updated: 2026-03-19 Ireland clinical-data healthcare statistics surveillance -
Sentinel GP respiratory surveillance Previously Sentinel Flu Surveillance
The sentinel GP surveillance system is a collaborative surveillance project involving sentinel GPs, the Health Protection Surveillance Centre, the Irish College of General Practitioners (ICGP) and the National Virus Reference Laboratory (NVRL). Currently, the sentinel GP network monitors patients consulting …
Publisher: Health Protection Surveillance Centre · Updated: 2026-03-19 EHDS epidemiology healthcare registry surveillance -
National Serosurveillance Programme (NSP)
The National Serosurveillance Programme is the principal source of data on the seroprevalence of COVID-19 in Ireland. **Purpose:** The initial objective of the National Serosurveillance Programme is to report on the seroprevalence of COVID-19 due to vaccination or infection in …
Publisher: Health Protection Surveillance Centre · Updated: 2026-03-19 EHDS epidemiology public-health registry surveillance -
National Hepatitis C Database
Database of persons infected with hepatitis C through the administration of blood and blood products in Ireland. Objectives of database To follow the natural history of infection in this group of people To evaluate the impact of various …
Publisher: Health Protection Surveillance Centre · Updated: 2026-03-19 EHDS Ireland clinical-data healthcare -
National Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance (EARS-Net Ireland) Previously National Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance
The European Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance System (EARSS) was established in 1999 in response to the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance in Europe. In 2010 EARSS coordination was transferred to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and renamed …
Publisher: Health Protection Surveillance Centre · Updated: 2026-03-19 Ireland healthcare registry surveillance -
Immunisation Uptake Statistics among health care workers
Each hospital or long term care facility reports on number of staff vaccinated with influenza vaccine for the current influenza season, the total number of staff employed during the period under review (influenza season) by staff category. Additional information is …
Publisher: Health Protection Surveillance Centre · Updated: 2026-03-19 Ireland healthcare public-health -
Immunisation Uptake Statistics at 12 and 24 months of age Previously Immunisation uptake statistics - early childhood
Vaccines in the primary childhood immunisation schedule are given by General Practitioners; the returns (records of GP administered vaccinations to patients) are sent to the local HSE Area and recorded on the local database. Each HSE area maintains a childhood …
Publisher: Health Protection Surveillance Centre · Updated: 2026-03-19 health public-health statistics -
HIV Antenatal Testing
Antenatal HIV testing for pregnant women. In April 1999, the Department of Health and Children, on the advice of the National AIDS Strategy Committee (NASC), introduced a policy of voluntary antenatal HIV testing in Ireland. As part of this programme, …
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Hand Hygiene Compliance Monitoring
Compliance with World Health Organization (WHO) “Five Moments of Hand Hygiene” opportunities by healthcare workers in acute hospitals. Data from hand hygiene audit tools (MS Excel) are collated by HPSC via the MicroB online tool and the results published. **Purpose:** …
Publisher: Health Protection Surveillance Centre · Updated: 2026-03-19 Ireland healthcare registry statistics surveillance -
Enhanced Bacteraemia (Bloodstream infections) Surveillance in Ireland
Data on bacteraemia caused by selected pathogens is currently collected as part of the European Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance System (EARS-NET). EARS-NET was enhanced in Ireland to collect demographic, risk factor and clinical data for each EARS-NET isolate reported since 2004. …
Publisher: Health Protection Surveillance Centre · Updated: 2026-03-19 clinical-data health surveillance -
Computerised Infectious Disease Reporting (CIDR) system
CIDR is the information system developed to manage the surveillance and control of notifiable infectious diseases in Ireland. Case-based data on laboratory and clinical notifications are collected on CIDR, which includes: Vaccine-preventable diseases, Respiratory (including COVID-19) and direct …
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Clostridioides difficile infection enhanced surveillance
Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) became a notifiable disease in May 2008. In August 2009, HPSC began collecting enhanced surveillance data on all CDI cases from acute hospitals on a voluntary basis. The enhanced surveillance collects information on both new and …
Publisher: Health Protection Surveillance Centre · Updated: 2026-03-19 EHDS health registry surveillance -
Alcohol Hand Rub Consumption Surveillance
Surveillance of consumption of alcohol-based hand washing gels in acute hospitals. Data from entire facility in litres per each quarter supplied to HPSC. Results as rates, expressed as litre per 1000 Bed-days used per hospital are published quarterly. **Purpose:** In …
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Acute Flaccid Paralysis (AFP) surveillance
HPSC communicates regularly with each paediatric hospital /unit to request and remind clinicians on the need to report all AFP cases in children aged less than 15 years of age. The completed forms are sent to HPSC. Anonymised copies are …
Publisher: Health Protection Surveillance Centre · Updated: 2026-03-19 EHDS clinical-data healthcare