Resources (GAS) -
Summary of Recommendations: Guidelines for the Public Health Management of Contacts of Invasive Group A Streptococcus (iGAS) infection in Ireland.
File Size: (141 kb)
Publication Date: 9 February 2024
Strep A (Group A streptococcus) factsheet
File Size: (205 kb)
Publication Date: 09 February 2024
Information leaflet for contacts of patients with Invasive Group A Streptococcal infection (iGAS)
File Size: (141 kb)
Publication Date: 09 February 2024
Choice of agent for treatment of Group A Streptococcus (GAS) or chemoprophylaxis for a contact of invasive Group A Streptococcus (iGAS)
Table 5: Infection, Prevention and Control measures for RCFs
Template Letter to GP for close contacts of an iGAS case
File Size: (23 kb)
Publication Date: 9 February 2024
Template letter to GP for a case of iGAS
File Size: (21 kb)
Publication Date: 9 February 2024
Template letter for GP – Close contact of iGAS case in an RCF setting
File Size: (725.2 kb)
Publication Date: 17th November 2023
Template letter for creche, school or other childcare setting
Information, Data and Reports for
Ireland’s specialist service for the surveillance of communicable diseases.