Clean hands are the easiest way to avoid infections including #COVID19. The most important times to clean your hands are: 🤲when you get home 🤲after preparing food 🤲before eating food 🤲after using the toilet 🤲after being in contact with a sick person #HandHygiene

Great to welcome our colleagues from HSE AMRIC to the Building One Health Action under iNAP2 event in Farmleigh today #iNAP2 #OneHealth HSE Ireland CNO's Office Department of Health

Register on HSELanD to access free, accredited courses focusing on infection, prevention & control and antimicrobial stewardship. Courses developed by HSE AMRIC programme to help improve your knowledge & skills. HSE Ireland National Patient Safety Office

Antibiotic resistance means that some antibiotics that used to work well do not work anymore. It's a big problem. #KeepAntibioticsWorking and only use when prescribed by your GP.

Register on HSELanD to access free, accredited courses focusing on infection, prevention & control & antimicrobial stewardship incl management of blood and body fluid spills. Courses developed by HSE AMRIC programme to help improve your knowledge & skills. HSE Ireland National Patient Safety Office

The AMRIC team was one of the unseen heroes of the pandemic. The team has won recognition as Irish Healthcare Awards team of the year. Their enormous contribution kept us safe and allowed us to respond to many twists and turns. Aithnítear cairde i gcruatan.

There have been many heroic teams in HSE Ireland throughout COVID-19. The Irish Healthcare Awards recognised the team that led on Infection Prevention & Control guidelines, for all of us to stay safe, as "Team of the Year". So proud of the mark they've made in society & healthcare.

Register on HSELanD to access free, accredited courses focusing on infection, prevention & control & antimicrobial stewardship incl cleaning and disinfection. Courses developed by HSE AMRIC programme to help improve your knowledge & skills. HSE Ireland National Patient Safety Office

Register on HSELanD to access free, accredited courses focusing on infection, prevention & control & antimicrobial stewardship incl prevention of catheter related infections. Courses developed by HSE AMRIC programme to help improve your knowledge & skills. HSE Ireland National Patient Safety Office

Register on HSELanD to access free, accredited courses focusing on infection, prevention & control & antimicrobial stewardship incl Personal protective equipment (PPE). Courses developed by HSE AMRIC programme to help improve your knowledge & skills. HSE Ireland National Patient Safety Office

Register on HSELanD to access free, accredited courses focusing on infection, prevention & control & antimicrobial stewardship incl Respiratory hygiene and cough etiquette. Courses developed by HSE AMRIC programme to help improve your knowledge & skills. HSE Ireland National Patient Safety Office

New network for pharmacists working across all settings just launched! HSE Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control (AMRIC) team and Irish Institute for Pharmacy (IIOP) have just launched the Pharmacist Antimicrobial Stewardship Network (PAMS-net) IIoP

Good vibes for the weekend ❤️

Read the HSE's Antimicrobial Resistance Infection Control (AMRIC) action plan for 2022-2025 hse.ie/eng/about/who/…

Another new update to AntibioticPrescribing.ie, our new page on Infection Prevention and Control. Visit our What's New page for this and all updates, bit.ly/3qwE3dN

The words that we use to describe patients with antimicrobial resistant bacteria make a big difference to them. Let’s talk about “Patients with CPE” not “CPE patients” #ip2022conf Helpful learning from Ireland here: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28434628/

Point Of Care Risk Assessment poster produced by HSE AMRIC Team Actions to be carried out before each patient/client interaction. Find the poster here 👉bit.ly/3d7dycO

Why do bacteria become resistant to antibiotics? New video added to bit.ly/3oC0aPV youtu.be/sgeFdf9PRCI

It’s World AMR Awareness Week. If #AntimicrobialResistance (AMR) gets out of control, we’ll run out of treatment options. 💊 We need to use antibiotics responsibly to prevent the spread of antimicrobial resistance. Do your part bit.ly/4fy6yAo

We all have a role to play in safeguarding antibiotics for the future. European Antibiotic Awareness Day reminds us that antibiotics are a valuable resource and should be used prudently to prevent and reduce antibiotic resistance. #KeepAntibioticsWorking youtube.com/watch?v=tz2Jdr…