Public Health Medicine Environment and Health Guidance and other Resources

Public Health Medicine Environment and Health Guidance and other Resources

Public Health: Health Protection Consultants in Public Health Medicine provide an on-call service at all times for public health emergencies and risks.  The following guidance and other resources support this service.

Guidance and other Resources

Air Quality

Air Quality Incident Public Health Resource – updated June 2019

Asbestos

Guidance (updated August 2018)

Public health advice leaflet

Chemicals

Guidelines for Public Health Response to Chemical Incidents (Published December 2024)

Departments of Public Health – Chemical Incident Triage – updated July 2019

Public Health Medicine Incident and Risk Assessment Record (downloads as a MS Word document for ease of completion) - developed December 2024

Clusters

Cluster Investigation Guidance – updated July 2019

Land Contamination

Land Contamination - updated July 2019

Odour

Odour – updated March 2017

Radiation

Radiation – updated June 2010

Severe Weather Events

Public Health Flooding Resource – updated July 2019

Heatwaves

General health advice for the main types of extreme weather events in Ireland 

Substances of concern

Public health response to the deliberate release of a substance of concern – developed December 2019

Water Contamination

Acute Water Contamination: Kerosene Hydrocarbon in water PHRA – developed December 2019

Other Resources

Framework pre-nominated lead agency – updated June 2010

COMAH Seveso Legislation – updated March 2017

Glossary – updated March 2017

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