Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent)
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751. To ask the Minister for Health if the families of the 74 persons who died as a result of CPE in University Hospital Limerick were provided with full information in regard to the risks of CPE colonisation, the precautions required to prevent its spread and the mortality risk when CPE enters the bloodstream following detection of CPE colonisation; and if the external review into the deaths of these persons examined whether full information was provided to families in this regard. [24996/18]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The Minister and the Department have been kept informed of an External review commissioned last year by University Limerick Hospital Group, regarding patients with CPE.  The HSE has advised that the Review has been completed and the report will be published shortly which will provide information on the management of CPE in University Hospital Limerick. The scope and conduct of Reviews are covered by HSE Policy.  The HSE continues to update the Department on this matter.

Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent)
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752. To ask the Minister for Health if the families of the 74 persons who died as a result of CPE in University Hospital Limerick were informed that an external review into the deaths was under way and were kept informed as the review progressed. [24997/18]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The Minister and the Department have been kept informed of an External review commissioned last year by University Limerick Hospital Group, regarding patients with CPE.  The HSE has advised that the Review has been completed and the Report will be published shortly which will provide information on the management of CPE in University Hospital Limerick. The scope and conduct of Reviews are covered by HSE Policy.  The HSE continues to update the Department on this matter.

Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent)
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753. To ask the Minister for Health if University Hospital Limerick had in place prior to the commencement of the external review into the deaths of 74 persons in whom CPE colonisation was detected, a documented system for informing persons of the risks of CPE, the precautions necessary to prevent its spread and the need to alert other healthcare facilities visited by the person of the fact of CPE colonisation upon admission to that facility. [24998/18]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The Minister and the Department have been kept informed of an External review commissioned last year by University Limerick Hospital Group, regarding patients with CPE.  The HSE has advised that the Review has been completed and the Report will be published shortly which will provide information on the management of CPE in University Hospital Limerick. The scope and conduct of Reviews are covered by HSE Policy.  The HSE continues to update the Department on this matter.