# hiqa - Saturday 2 January, 2021
# Allegations
# Allegations
The allegations are contained in documents released to TheJournal.ie under the Freedom of Information Act.
# hiqa - Wednesday 16 December, 2020
# Coronavirus
# Coronavirus
Hiqa’s advice to NPHET comes after the government outlined its national vaccination strategy yesterday.
# hiqa - Tuesday 15 December, 2020
# Clonakilty
# Clonakilty
Hiqa’s report on Clonakilty Community Hospital is one of 34 published today.
# hiqa - Friday 4 December, 2020
# High Risk
# High Risk
A HIQA report has advised public health officials that the evidence for including over 70s in the highest risk category for Covid-19 is strong.
# hiqa - Wednesday 11 November, 2020
# Covid-19
# Covid-19
Studies cited by Ireland’s health watchdog indicate that antibodies that respond to Covid-19 last between 2-6 months.
# hiqa - Thursday 29 October, 2020
# Inspection
# Inspection
HIQA has raised concerns with unsatisfactory measures in place to prevent the spread of infections.
# hiqa - Friday 23 October, 2020
# Dealgan House
# Dealgan House
A report from May – just a week after an outbreak at the nursing home – highlighted some areas of non-compliance at the centre.
# hiqa - Wednesday 21 October, 2020
# Rapid Testing
# Rapid Testing
The introduction of rapid testing could be effective in Ireland in future, but we need to see its “real-world performance” here first, Hiqa said.
# hiqa - Thursday 15 October, 2020
# Swords
# Swords
Residents and staff who tested positive are now isolating.
# hiqa - Wednesday 23 September, 2020
# Level Three
# Level Three
Concerns had been raised that nursing homes in Dublin were suspending window visits.
# hiqa - Wednesday 16 September, 2020
# Coronavirus
# Coronavirus
An expert warned that the huge issue will have implications for the grieving process.
# hiqa - Tuesday 15 September, 2020
# Coronavirus
# Coronavirus
People with a confirmed case are to self-isolate for 10 days now, down from 14.
# hiqa - Thursday 10 September, 2020
# HIQA
# HIQA
Hiqa was criticised for its “very late” issuance of guidance to nursing homes at the Oireachtas Special Committee on Covid Response today.
# hiqa - Wednesday 9 September, 2020
# Scans
# Scans
The majority of these events related to CT scans and involved relatively low dosses of radiation.
# hiqa - Friday 4 September, 2020
# Guidance
# Guidance
The watchdog has reviewed how other countries are managing the virus in schools.
# hiqa - Thursday 6 August, 2020
# Travel
# Travel
The review found detection rates are low due to cases that do not present with a fever and those who are infectious before showing symptoms.
# Caring For Carers
# Caring For Carers
Part three of Noteworthy’s investigation reveals no legal requirements for training or registration in carer sector.
# hiqa - Tuesday 21 July, 2020
# Coronavirus
# Coronavirus
One nursing home had left bedroom doors open for residents that had tested positive for Covid-19.
# hiqa - Friday 3 July, 2020
# Coronavirus
# Coronavirus
Leo Varadkar said the findings are “interesting but not a surprise” because of how deaths related to the virus are counted.
# hiqa - Tuesday 26 May, 2020
# Isolation
# Isolation
Dr Holohan said health officials are ‘very sensitive’ to the issue and aware of the impact on the mental health of residents.
# hiqa - Monday 25 May, 2020
# Clusters
# Clusters
Many complainants raised concerns about social distancing and infection control measures in homes as the virus spread.
# hiqa - Wednesday 13 May, 2020
# Coronavirus
# Coronavirus
The Health Information and Quality Authority has published findings about the spread of coronavirus.
# hiqa - Tuesday 21 April, 2020
# Coronavirus
# Coronavirus
On-site inspections to see how prepared nursing homes are for an outbreak will begin next week.
# hiqa - Wednesday 12 February, 2020
# New Babies
# New Babies
The Health Information and Quality Authority identified a number of areas for improvement to ensure that maternity services remain safe.
# hiqa - Thursday 6 February, 2020
# HIQA
# HIQA
All staff who spoke with inspectors said residents and children were not safe in this centre.
# hiqa - Thursday 23 January, 2020
# St John Of God
# St John Of God
St John of God Glasthule centre was found to be not compliant with 10 of the 19 regulations inspected.
# hiqa - Friday 3 January, 2020
# HIQA
# HIQA
The allegations are contained in documents released to TheJournal.ie under the Freedom of Information Act.
# hiqa - Tuesday 17 December, 2019
# High Court
# High Court
The challenge has been brought by JCP Powdermill Care Centre Ltd.
# hiqa - Tuesday 3 December, 2019
# Patient Safety Bill
# Patient Safety Bill
This Bill would make it mandatory for the health service provider to put forward information on incidents of patient safety.
# hiqa - Saturday 26 October, 2019
# Abuse
# Abuse
Back in 2014, then director general Tony O’Brien said it was time to look at these sorts of measures to protect vulnerable clients.
# hiqa - Thursday 3 October, 2019
At the time of the inspection, 22% of children did not have an allocated social worker.
# hiqa - Monday 30 September, 2019
# Recall
# Recall
Anyone who uses the pens are being told to return them to pharmacies.
# hiqa - Sunday 8 September, 2019
# HIQA
# HIQA
The allegations are contained in documents released to TheJournal.ie under the Freedom of Information Act.
# hiqa - Thursday 22 August, 2019
# Allegations
# Allegations
The allegations are contained in documents released to TheJournal.ie under the Freedom of Information Act.
# hiqa - Tuesday 20 August, 2019
# Criminal Records
# Criminal Records
Health watchdog found that HSE-run care homes were breaching Garda-vetting rules.
# hiqa - Wednesday 14 August, 2019
# HIQA Inspections
# HIQA Inspections
Neglect and sexual abuse were among the suspected crimes that Tusla was slow to report.
# hiqa - Wednesday 17 July, 2019
# Tipperary
# Tipperary
Hiqa inspected Damien House in Co Tipperary on 16 April.
# hiqa - Thursday 11 July, 2019
# Superbug
# Superbug
A new report reveals that a number of hospitals failed to properly protect patients from the CPE superbug.
# hiqa - Tuesday 23 April, 2019
# Draft Report
# Draft Report
A draft report on the introduction of the programme was published today.
# hiqa - Monday 11 March, 2019
# Stewarts Care
# Stewarts Care
Hiqa published an overview of the inspection and monitoring activity of eight care centres.
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