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# Infection

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# Cryptosporidiosis
Gut infection outbreak in Roscommon caused by water supply
A boil water notice has been issued for Rocommon town and surrounding areas.
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Apr 26th 2013, 5:07 PM
# Healthscare
Health risks in hospital baby baths discovered in random inspection
A HIQA assessment of Letterkenny General Hospital finds that the absence of a cleaning system poses a risk to child health.
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Apr 26th 2013, 2:22 PM
# Infection
9 tips for keeping your body infection-free
Bacteria on your desk at work, viruses passed on by your pets and food-borne illnesses lurking in your fridge – infection is everywhere.
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Mar 9th 2013, 9:15 AM
# Cork
Cork crèche closes after toddler found with a ‘probable’ case of E. coli
The crèche is closed as a precaution to prevent the spread of the infection.
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Feb 21st 2013, 11:55 AM
# Cancer
Women who smoke 'at greater risk of HPV infection'
Women with a high level of nicotine metabolite in their urine were at a higher risk of acquiring HPV as well as developing high-grade cervical pre-cancer compared to non-smokers.
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Feb 19th 2013, 6:30 AM
# hygiene
One third of doctors don't wash their hands between patients - report
An audit by the HSE shows the Mater private hospital in Dublin had the highest rate of compliance with hand hygiene.
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Nov 14th 2012, 1:17 PM
# No scrubs
Concerns over infection risk as Mater tells staff: 'Wash your own scrubs'
Staff at the emergency department in the Mater Hospital have been told to buy and wash their own uniforms – a system which could pose risks of cross-contamination.
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Oct 15th 2012, 7:15 AM
# trust me i'm a rat
Rats recruited to hunt for TB in Mozambique
The trained rodents are going to sniff out the disease, apparently.
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Oct 12th 2012, 5:50 PM
# pandemic
New book documents the rise in pandemic diseases and wonders what's next
The book ‘Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic’ tracks previous pandemics and attempts to determine what the next one will be.
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Oct 9th 2012, 12:15 PM
# Infectious
Higher rate of infection among homeless 'put overall population at risk'
New data published in The Lancet shows much higher infection rates of TB, HIV and Hepatitis-C among homeless people.
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Aug 20th 2012, 6:50 AM
# withdrawals
Dropping like flies: Doyle and Wilson drop out of Ireland squad
The FAI were hoping to call up Anthony Pilkington to replace the injured Wes Hoolahan. Problem is, he is injured too.
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Aug 12th 2012, 9:33 PM
# drug abuse
HSE warns of heroin which could be contaminated with anthrax
There are fears that a batch of heroin contaminated with anthrax could be about to reach Irish shores.
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Jul 30th 2012, 5:22 PM
# Horse health
Galway stallion tests positive for rare equine metritis infection
The discovery of the infection in a non-thoroughbred horse in Co Galway is the first time it’s been diagnosed here since 1982.
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Apr 27th 2012, 8:30 PM
# Norovirus
Beaumont Hospital asks public to stay away amid latest virus outbreak
The number of people at the hospital affected by the winter vomiting bug has now reached 300.
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Apr 6th 2012, 11:05 AM
# Babies
Pseudomonas discovered in fourth neo-natal ward
The infection which killed three infants has been detected in water sources at another hospital in the North.
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Jan 29th 2012, 2:13 PM
# Newborns
'No active infection' now in hospital unit where three babies died
All of the babies in the Belfast unit have now been screened – though five are still carrying the bacterial infection.
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Jan 23rd 2012, 6:13 PM
# Daily Fix
The Daily Fix: Saturday
In tonight’s Fix: Abusive emails, alcohol tests and a triple limb transplant…
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Jan 21st 2012, 7:51 PM
# vomiting bug
HSE issues virus guidelines as vomiting bug outbreak continues
There have been 11 new cases of the bug at two Dublin hospitals in the last 24 hours.
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Dec 30th 2011, 4:04 PM
# HIV
Lots done, lots to do: mixed messages from HIV prevention report
The Department of Health’s report shows that there is still more to work to do in tackling the spread of HIV and AIDS.
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Jul 13th 2011, 4:18 PM
LIVE
Superbugs evolving faster than medicine, worried experts warn
The World Health Organisation says drug-resistant bugs are developing at a rate that science will struggle to keep up with.
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Apr 7th 2011, 4:30 PM
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