Public MicroB Reports -
The following Public MicroB Reports are available:
Antibiotic consumption in public acute hospitals in Ireland
National audits of hand hygiene compliance in hospitals in Ireland
Antibiotic consumption in the primary care in Ireland

The Public MicroB Reports are a way to display selected results in various formats, such as tables, figures and maps. These reports are interactive, allowing healthcare professions and members of the public to obtain information in the area of public health and prevention & control of healthcare-associated infections.
The reports contain data that are in the public domain. Reuse of material is authorised, provided HSE-HPSC is acknowledged as source, where appropriate. Please refer to the Disclaimer and Privacy Policy section of this website.
For conclusions and interpretation of results presented through Public MicroB Reports please refer to the HPSC annual reports and Topics A-Z of this website.
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)