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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Acquired Infections (25 Feb 2014) See 1 other result from this answer

Brendan Griffin: 696. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the MRSA problem in hospitals here; the most recent statistics for hospitals over the past five years; the number of deaths that have been linked to MRSA in each of the past five years and where these occurred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8754/14]

Health Service Executive (Financial Matters) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Feb 2014)

Seán Kyne: ...outpatient appointments. There has been a reduction of 99% in the number on the inpatient and day care waiting lists for eight months or more. There has been a reduction of 50% in the number of MRSA infections in hospitals, with 20 hospitals reporting no cases. Some €200 million was provided for the new children's hospital, with construction to commence next year and to be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Closure of Mount Carmel Hospital: Discussion (18 Feb 2014)

...van Turnhout asked questions around the quality of the facilities. It is interesting to note that in the history of health care provided at Mount Carmel Hospital there was never one incident of MRSA, which has plagued our health services elsewhere. Since 24 January, I have spent up to 14 hours per day on-site at the hospital trying to support staff and going through the redundancy...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Acquired Infections (13 Feb 2014) See 1 other result from this answer

Bernard Durkan: 276. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the incidence of MRSA or other similar hospital infections continues to be monitored; the extent to which improvement has taken place in each of the past five years to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7388/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Acquired Infections (18 Dec 2013) See 1 other result from this answer

Bernard Durkan: 258. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which steps have been taken to eliminate MRSA or other such infections throughout the hospital service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54693/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: End-of-Life Care: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Nov 2013)

...our hospital construct is so small. There is an infection control policy, which I support to some extent, to the effect that if somebody is readmitted to hospital who, in a previous admission, had MRSA up their nose, for example, which is of no injury to anybody unless they travel up their nose, they must be put into a single room on readmission to hospital. We do not have any such...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Acquired Infections (26 Sep 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 263. 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. [40298/13]

Topical Issue Debate: HIQA Reports (18 Sep 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: ...this year when they are published in the near future. I hope the compliance rate will have improved and will be closer to the HSE's target rate of 90% for 2013. I am also reassured to note that MRSA rates are at their lowest level in seven years. The number of cases of MRSA has fallen by 59% between 2006 and 2012 - from 592 to 242 - and the downward trend is holding per statistical...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Work Programme, Disability Services and Related Issues: Discussion with HIQA (12 Sep 2013) See 6 other results from this debate

...perspective, they cannot make people at local level do this. We spoke about the National Standards for Safer Better Healthcare earlier. There are health-care-associated infections other than MRSA, which we spoke about, but I would expect boards to know how clean their hospitals are. I spoke to the chairperson of a hospital recently who said that he and his colleagues did not walk around...

Other Questions: Public Sector Staff Issues (20 Jun 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: ...at whether there is a connection between those two issues because we are seeing a much greater degree of outsourcing of such services in the health service. For example, is there a connection with MRSA?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Acquired Infections (7 May 2013)

James Reilly: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that MRSA rates are at a 6-year low and I would like to assure the Deputy that the management of Healthcare Acquired Infections (HCAIs) is a key patient safety issue for my Department and the Health Service Executive (HSE) and a number of significant initiatives have been developed to address the issue. These include the HSE's National Infection Control...

Other Questions: Hospital Acquired Infections (20 Mar 2013) See 32 other results from this debate

James Reilly: I thank the Deputy for his comments. In fairness to the previous Government, figures for MRSA incidence were beginning to fall after 2008. It is important that all of us in the House should reassure patients going into hospitals that they will be in a safe place and come out better than when they went in. With hospital acquired infections, sometimes that is not the case and we need to...

Other Questions: Ambulance Service (20 Mar 2013)

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Seanad: Order of Business (19 Feb 2013)

Feargal Quinn: ...are done all around Europe, and although there are no accurate statistics for Ireland, it is suggested that between ten and 20 people die each week from hospital-acquired infections, primarily MRSA. This adds up to hundreds each year. One of the problems is that it is possible to open a private hospital without a licence and there being a guarantee that such a facility will be inspected....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Acquired Infections (19 Feb 2013)

James Reilly: At the outset I would like to state that MRSA is at its lowest recorded level in six years. Routine data is not available on deaths from hospital acquired infections (HCAIs); in certain cases such infections may be a contributing factor to a particular death but not the primary cause, hence the difficulty in giving definitive statistics on the issue. Prevention of HCAIs and infection of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Acquired Infections (14 Feb 2013) See 1 other result from this answer

John Paul Phelan: To ask the Minister for Health the actions taken to tackle MRSA in hospitals; the impact of these measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7545/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Acquired Infections (5 Feb 2013)

James Reilly: ...yet available but it is expected that data will be ready for publication by March 2013. The information currently available on the number of cases of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureas (MRSA) and Clostridium Difficile (C. Diff.) notified by hospitals to the HPSC to end-September 2012 is: MRSA: 174 cases Clostridium Difficile: 1,285 cases. This compares with 206 and 1,103...

Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (30 Jan 2013)

Mattie McGrath: ...in my county. Her name was Sister Áine and she was one of the last remaining matrons. She ran the hospital not with an iron fist, but with authority and respect. There were no instances of MRSA or the disappointing HIQA reports that were published on my own hospital in south Tipperary, which I will not discuss until I find out the facts. One could see that when one walked into the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Acquired Infections (19 Dec 2012)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which steps are taken to prevent the spread of various hospital bugs including MRSA, all air borne and other infections; if the major cause or causes of such infections have been identified; if the visit of children to hospitals has been restricted; the extent to which normal preventative measures are enforced; and if he will make a statement on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Cystic Fibrosis Unit: Discussion (13 Dec 2012)

John Crown: .... Where are they? Do they exist? The hospital in which I work has patients with complex illnesses who have a known requirement for single rooms with isolated toilet facilities for people with MRSA, VRE, ESBL-producing bacteria and the various vomiting bugs, including the norovirus which has been prominent recently. In addition, because of general medicine, there will be a requirement...