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Commited to preventing healthcare-associated infections by education and implementation of best practise and by sharing research and evidence.
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Some of the #IPC in Tallaght University Hospital (TUH) team had a lovely site visit in Peamount Healthcare today. A great opportunity to wish our fellow #IPC and wonderful colleague, Fiona, all the very best in her retirement. Thanks for everything and enjoy!


#IPC shared learning sessions continued in Tallaght University Hospital (TUH) today as we learned of the different lab processes used to sequence and type micro-organisms. How this is done and how results are interpreted especially in the context of outbreaks of infectious organisms.


Great work by Tallaght University Hospital (TUH) Vascular Access quality and safety team. Digital recording of PVAD insertions an important step forward in managing devices and care.

Issue 38 of our #IPC Tallaght University Hospital (TUH) newsletter landed this morning. This edition focuses on patient equipment cleaning and the management of nebulisers to prevent infections .But also has our popular quiz and a chance to win Easter Eggs for your Dept.






Busy day indeed for #IPC at Tallaght University Hospital (TUH) promoting #HandHygiene. Clean hands 🙌protect both #patients and staff.

Our wonderful catering colleagues in Tallaght University Hospital (TUH) baked these tasty treats for all our patients. All #patients also recieved our #HandHygiene leaflet reminding them "Its Ok to Ask" #CleanHandsSaveLives #IPC


Our EMT task force visited all clinical areas reminding #staff & #patients of the importance of #HandHygiene. Many thanks to the 55 staff who supported the task force led by ainemlynch1 and John Kelly our interim CEO


A busy #IPC committee meeting in Tallaght University Hospital (TUH) last week as annual reports and work plans for 2025 were heard from all the services that report to IPC. Many thanks to all who attended



Issue number 39 of our #IPC Tallaght University Hospital (TUH) newsletter concentrates on #HandHygiene 👩⚕️What you can do 🙌How can we promote Patients Hand Hygiene ? 👋Hand Care 👕What do we mean by Bare Below the Elbow 🏆Hand Hygiene Quiz – with lots of prizes to be won


A special evening Trinity College Dublin & many congratulations to all award winners. I am particularly proud of my colleague CNM 2 Sylvia Leahy Tallaght University Hospital (TUH) School of Nursing & Midwifery, TCD Sylvia promotes excellence in practice & leadership with care, compassion & commitment #wardsisterlynchpin


Interesting and focused shared #learning for our #IPC team in Tallaght University Hospital (TUH) today focusing on Scabies Symptoms, causes and treatments


New paper investigates whether a Poisson hidden Markov model can detect in-hospital VRE outbreaks in routine data from the Dutch Infectious Diseases Surveillance Information System for #AntimicrobialResistance (ISIS-AR) despite low prevalence in 🇳🇱 journalofhospitalinfection.com/article/S0195-…
