Surveillance of Antimicrobial Consumption
Reports, publications and links on surveillance of antimicrobial consumption can be found here. HPSC produces data from primary care and hospital care areas in Ireland, and is part of an international network that provides information on the use of anti-bacterial and other anti-infection drugs.
Surveillance reports contain details of data source, limitation, methods and other background.
Antibiotic consumption in public acute hospitals in Ireland, 2024
25, Sep 2025
1.5 MB
Antibiotic consumption in the primary care in Ireland, Quarter 2, 2025
30, Sep 2025
2.75 MB
Information, Data and Reports for
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Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control
- Surveillance of Antimicrobial Consumption
- Antibiotics
- Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance
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European Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Network (EARS-Net)
- Latest EARS-Net Data and Reports
- EARS-Net Protocol
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Reference and Educational Resource Material
- Enterococcal bacteraemia (Enterococcus species (blood)) Case Definition
- Enterococci / VRE
- Escherichia coli infection (invasive) (Escherichia coli (blood, CSF))
- Klebsiella pneumoniae
- Pseudomonas aeruginosa
- S. aureus/MRSA
- S. pneumoniae
- Streptococcus pneumoniae infection (invasive) (Streptococcus pneumoniae (blood, CSF or other normally sterile site))
- Infection Control and Healthcare-Associated Infection
- Carbapenemase Producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE)
- Clostridioides difficile
- mcr-positive Enterobacteriaceae infection or colonisation
- MDRO (Multi Drug Resistant Organisms)
- Novel or rare antimicrobial resistant organism (NRAO)
- Links
Ireland’s specialist service for the surveillance of communicable diseases.