Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 28 September 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Spinal Surgery Issues at Children's University Hospital Temple Street: Children's Health Ireland

Photo of Seán CroweSeán Crowe (Dublin South West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Before we off the subject, Dr. Goldman mentioned there were three items there, one of which was on the inquiries into safety. Surely one would imagine that the whole idea of sterilisation would be fairly high with regard to the safety aspect, particularly in view of the reoccurring infections and so on? I would have thought that for any group coming in, one of the key things would be determining if the theatre is not sterile, and whether all the measures are being followed through. Meeting with some of the families, they suggested that they looked at the sterilisation process in Crumlin. Yet, strangely enough, in Temple Street, where the major problems seemed to be happening, they did not look at it. Could the witnesses shine a bit of light on that?

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