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Seanad: Commencement Matters: Hospital Services (9 Jul 2015)

Hildegarde Naughton: .... The additional 75 beds in the ward block currently under construction will be a significant benefit to the area. These beds will be in individual rooms which means the risk of infection such as MRSA and C.diff is dramatically reduced. The hospital group may wish to examine where it sees the hospital in 20 years time and to engage in long-term planning, as the Senator suggests. That...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (9 Jun 2015)

Leo Varadkar: ...mandated for implementation in the Irish health system. Six NCEC National Clinical Guidelines have been published to date: National Early Warning Score (February 2013), Prevention and Control of MRSA (December 2013), Surveillance, Diagnosis and Management of Clostridium Difficile Infection in Ireland (June 2014), Sepsis Management (November 2014), Maternity Early Warning System (November...

Other Questions: Patient Safety Agency Establishment (28 May 2015) See 1 other result from this debate

Billy Kelleher: ...nefarious, reasons such as when it is tried to suggest there is a deficiency in a service when it is just a statistical blip due to small numbers. I understand all of this. On the issue of MRSA in hospitals and trying to get hospitals to be cleaner, only when the information was being published did hospitals across the service become motivated and concentrate on making an effort to...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Patient Safety Agency Establishment (28 May 2015)

Leo Varadkar: ...HIQA's recommendations are ignored, as significant numbers are implemented. That has been the case, particularly in matters around hospital hygiene. The reports show that we now have the lowest MRSA rates in years. For example the rates for Clostridium difficile are falling. We have put an extra €5 million or €6 million into the ambulance service this year in response to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health and Safety Regulations (28 May 2015)

Leo Varadkar: ...which have been endorsed by respective Ministers and mandated for implementation in the Irish health system. These include: 1. National Early Warning Score (NEWS); 2. Prevention and Control of MRSA; 3. Clostridium difficile; 4. Irish Maternity Early Warning System ( IMEWS); 5. Clinical Handover in Maternity Service; and 6. Sepsis Management. Their implementation will be monitored through...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health and Safety Regulations (28 May 2015)

Leo Varadkar: ...which have been endorsed by respective Ministers and mandated for implementation in the Irish health system. These include: 1. National Early Warning Score (NEWS); 2. Prevention and Control of MRSA; 3. Clostridium difficile; 4. Irish Maternity Early Warning System ( IMEWS); 5. Clinical Handover in Maternity Service; and 6. Sepsis Management. Their implementation will be monitored...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Health Issues: Department of Health and Health Service Executive (14 May 2015)

Leo Varadkar: ...and publishes reports and the system is forced to act. It will result in a major improvement in the quality and standards in the coming years. The hygiene reports make a major difference. MRSA rates are at their lowest ever recorded, although this is not just down to HIQA hygiene reports. The report on the ambulance service is making a difference and is the reason there is an extra...

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Chapter 14 - Procurement by the Health Service Executive
Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2013 (23 Apr 2015)

Gabrielle McFadden: What is the advantage of paying companies €38 million for cleaning compared with the old days when the HSE employed domestic staff to do it? In the old days there was no MRSA, and there were matrons going around with white gloves checking whether everything was clean. There was not as much MRSA and talk about hospital bugs as now. I accept that things have changed.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Infectious Disease Screening Service (27 Jan 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 402. To ask the Minister for Health if patients are tested for MRSA as a matter of routine when admitted to Mayo General Hospital; the number of patients tested positively for MRSA on admission to Mayo General Hospital in 2013 and 2014; the number of patients being discharged from Mayo General Hospital in 2013 and 2014 who tested positive for MRSA; the number of patients in this hospital that...

Seanad: Availability of Certain Medication: Statements (26 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: ...real harm is caused by medicines all the time. In fact, probably more people die in hospitals every year as a result of medication errors and inappropriate medications than, say, as a result of MRSA. Therefore, the side effects profile needs to be taken into account. It is not the case that all drugs do not have side effects; of course they do. Senator Marie Moloney also said we needed...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (23 Oct 2014)

Leo Varadkar: ...to health care free at the point of use than ever before. Two million people have medical cards or a doctor visit card. That is more than was ever the case. In respect of hospital acquired infections, MRSA rates are falling and have been at their lowest rate for quite a number of years. That is reflected in the fact that we do not talk about MRSA very much any more whereas we used to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Safety (30 Sep 2014)

Leo Varadkar: ...care.To date, three National Clinical Guidelines have been launched: the NationalEarly Warning Score for Ireland (NEWS), the Prevention and Control Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and Surveillance, Diagnosis and Management of Clostridium difficile Infection in Ireland.Each guideline has been subject to an economic evaluation and implementation will be monitored through...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Acquired Infections (30 Sep 2014)

Leo Varadkar: ...one of my Department's priorities in protecting patient safety. HCAIs represent a major cause of preventable harm and increased healthcare costs. As the Deputy will be aware, the prevalence of MRSA has dropped considerably in recent years. There has been a decrease of 62.5% in reported cases of MRSA from 2006 to 2013; first-quarter returns for 2014 see a minor rise compared to quarter...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Jul 2014)

Ivana Bacik: ...We have tackled waiting lists and the issue of patients waiting on trolleys, the number of whom has been reduced by one third in the past two years. For the first time, an out-patient waiting list was compiled in March 2013 while MRSA infections are at their lowest levels since record-keeping commenced. These are some good news stories from the health service. Even in the boom years, we...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Antimicrobial-Resistant Infections Incidence (1 Jul 2014)

James Reilly: ...- Public reporting of HCAIs and AMR in Irish acute hospitals - HCAIs Prevalence Study 2006 and 2012 - S. aureus bloodstream infection (reported quarterly since 2007) – this includes public reporting of MRSA rates per hospital - Alcohol hand rub consumption (reported bi-annually since 2007) - Antibiotic consumption (reported bi-annually since 2007) - Hand hygiene compliance...

Topical Issue Debate: HIQA Reports (11 Jun 2014)

James Reilly: I thank the Deputies for their contributions. Deputy Carey mentioned the risk of cross-infection. I am happy to report that we have the lowest incidence of MRSA in our hospitals now since records began. I want to mention the model 2 hospitals. We need better use of these hospitals. This does not just mean using the beds in these hospitals, but that the staff working in these hospitals...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Acquired Infections (14 May 2014) See 1 other result from this answer

Bernard Durkan: 208. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of reports of various infections arising from MRSA or other hospital bugs on a monthly basis in each of the past three years to date; the action taken arising therefrom; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21786/14]

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Apr 2014)

David Norris: ...and surgeons at St. Vincent's University Hospital. I cannot speak highly enough about them, as without them, I would be dead. Again, we have to face facts. There is a very worrying report on MRSA, of which there are 50 strains. We know that a certain amount is being done. Every time one visits somebody in a hospital or goes into hospital there is fuzzy material with which to wash...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Apr 2014) See 1 other result from this debate

Maurice Cummins: .... The North/South Inter-Parliamentary Association is to be complimented. We need to progress its work in the coming months. Senator Colm Burke spoke about the significant reduction in cases of MRSA in hospitals, which is to be welcomed by all. He also outlined the difficulties in the recruitment of hospital consultants. It is a problem for many hospitals. There is a need for a debate...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Acquired Infections (1 Apr 2014) See 1 other result from this answer

Bernard Durkan: 606. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of reports of various infections arising from MRSA or other hospital bugs on a monthly basis in each of the past four years to date; the action taken arising therefrom; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15429/14]