
Karen Burns
@dfeatamr
Clinical Microbiologist from lovely Leitrim. Fond of great grub, grapes & grooves. 🇵🇸🇺🇦
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12-05-2015 21:19:56
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Fantastic to see recent #CPE perceptions #IPC vs non-IPC paper Journal of Hospital Infection by @aoifeky highlighted at Year in Infection Control #ECCMID2024 Irish Society of Clinical Microbiologists Deirdre Hughes Prof. Fidelma Fitzpatrick Karen Burns RCSI Research and Innovation sciencedirect.com/science/articl…


Hillary A Craddock @RCSI kicks off her #ECCMID2024 flash poster presentation on CPE detection from shower drains as part of outbreak investigation.


Great eflash poster session #ECCMID2024 today. AMR in wastewater, in and beyond the 🏥 including the wonderful Hillary A Craddock on recent #CPE outbreak ESCMID Caoimhe Finn Prof. Fidelma Fitzpatrick Karen Burns mairead skally Deirdre Hughes



Increased critical care capacity is needed at Beaumont Hospital. Department of Health Stephen Donnelly rte.ie/news/health/20…

Names In Songs Best Of The Year So Far BBC Radio 6 Music


Day 2 completed and almost 500 staff/students have received their flu vaccine Beaumont Hospital Our amazing vaccination team are at the front foyer all week, please drop up. Fionnuala Duffy Caoimhe Finn @connolly_sinead People of HSE @CamSalcedo2 Niamh Shields @nettybutler


Wonderful morning at @hseexcellenceawards shortlisting with Helen Carpenter, Niall Murnaghan, Karen Burns presenting “ what lurks beneath”, an impactful project to convince those who work in hospitals to go #barebelowelbow @connolly_sinead Helen Ryan #patientsafety #ipc


Delighted to get my annual influenza vaccine this morning Beaumont Hospital Thanks to Peggy and all our fab flu crew for keeping us safe this winter⭐️ Beaumont Hospital IPC HSE Ireland HSE Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) People of HSE






It is a fantastic achievement to have a nearly 25% increase in the number of kidney transplants performed in the last 5 years. We need expansion of critical care capacity in Beaumont to facilitate the increasing number of transplant procedures. Organ Donation Transplant Ireland Department of Health


Our traditional & iconic Semmelweis lecture is finally here! #SISE2025 👉Councillor & local host Prof. McNamara Prof Deborah McNamara RCSI presents our invited speaker, Sinead O'Donnell Beaumont Hospital that presents her #Research as a #Microbiologist on peristomal skin #infection 🦠

