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.

Information, Data and Reports for
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Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control
- Antibiotic stewardship
- Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance
- Care Bundles
- Clostridioides difficile
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European Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Network (EARS-Net)
- Latest EARS-Net Data and Reports
- EARS-Net Steering Group
- Enhanced Bacteraemia Surveillance
- EARS-Net Protocols and Forms
- Reference and Educational Resource Material
- Surveillance of Antimicrobial Consumption
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Infection Control and Healthcare-Associated Infection
- Candida auris
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Education/Conferences relating to Infection Control
- 2018 RCSI/HPSC Safe Patient Care: Infection Prevention & Control Course
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2019 RCSI/HPSC Safe Patient Care: Infection Prevention & Control Course
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Course Presentations
- 2019 RCSI/HPSC Safe Patient Care: Infection Prevention & Control Course Presentations
- 2019 RCSI/HPSC Safe Patient Care: Infection Prevention & Control Course Presentations
- 2019 RCSI/HPSC Safe Patient Care: Infection Prevention & Control Course Presentations
- 2019 RCSI/HPSC Safe Patient Care: Infection Prevention & Control Course Presentations
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Course Presentations
- Postgraduate Courses
- Guidelines
- Hand Hygiene
- Intravascular (IV) lines
- Links
- Infection Control posters
- Publications
- Standard Precautions
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Surveillance
- Healthcare-associated infection in long term care facilities
- HHCAI Survey 2012
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Hospital Point Prevalence Surveys
- Prevalence Survey of Healthcare-Associated Infections 2006
- Point Prevalence Survey of Hospital-Acquired Infections & Antimicrobial Use in European Acute Care Hospitals 2012
- Point Prevalence Survey of Hospital-Acquired Infections & Antimicrobial Use in European Acute Care Hospitals 2017
- Point Prevalence Survey of Hospital-Acquired Infections & Antimicrobial Use in European Acute Care Hospitals 2023
- HPSC Surveillance
- Urinary Catheters
- GP Primary Care Setting COVID-19 video resources
- AMRIC Education Programme
- mcr-positive Enterobacteriaceae infection or colonisation
- MDRO (Multi Drug Resistant Organisms)
- Novel or rare antimicrobial resistant organism (NRAO)
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Strategy for the control of Antimicrobial Resistance in Ireland (SARI)
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Carbapenemase Producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE)
- Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae* (CPE) infection or colonisation
- Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriales (CPE) Expert Group
- Factsheets
- Guidance & Publications
- National pilot study of CRE in Critical Care Units, June 2011
- News
- Surveillance of CPE in Ireland
- Links
- Annual Reports
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Carbapenemase Producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE)