Guidance on cocooning to protect people over 70 years and those extremely medically vulnerable from COVID-19 hpsc.ie/a-z/respirator…
HSE Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC)
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HSE Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC)
@hpscireland
HPSC is Ireland's specialist service for the surveillance of communicable diseases & is part of Health Service Executive @HSElive #irishpublichealth
Dublin, Ireland
Joined May 2011
- Home isolation and quarantine explained
- HPSC and @ICGPnews have published an ‘isolation quick guide’ which can be applied to those aged greater than 3 months up to 13th birthday. Scenarios from the guide can be found in the attached image. For full guide see rb.gy/hvw3dx
- Replying to @kevinbrennan52 and @HSEImmThank you to the Brennan family for continuing Laura’s great work raising awareness and increasing the uptake of HPV vaccine. Thinking of Laura on her birthday. 💕
- HPSC and @ICGPnews have published an ‘isolation quick guide’ which can be applied to those aged greater than 3 months up to 13th birthday. Scenarios from the guide can be found in the attached image. For full guide see rb.gy/hvw3dx
- What is Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and when should healthcare workers wear PPE
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- Protect yourself & others from getting sick Wash your hands 🖐️after coughing or sneezing 🖐️when caring for the sick 🖐️before & after you prepare food 🖐️before eating 🖐️after toilet use 🖐️when hands are visibly dirty 🖐️after touching cuts, blisters or any open sores #handwashing
- Bernie Waterhouse is a CNM working in a COVID-19 ward in @stjamesdublin and is the first healthcare worker in Ireland to get the #Covidvaccine www2.hse.ie/screening-and-…
- Staff at @hpscireland gathered in person and remotely today to accept their HSE Excellence Award presented by HSE Chief Clinical Officer @CcoHse
- When should my child return to school/childcare? Infographics and posters in English and Irish available to download from bit.ly/returntsc
- Dr Sarah Doyle, Specialist in Public Health Medicine explains self-isolation"There is no shame in having somebody with Covid-19" Dr Sarah Doyle discusses self-isolation with Ryan and why we shouldn't be ashamed if it lands at our door. #LateLate
00:00 - As of 21/03/2020 at 15:00hrs, there have been 785 cases of COVID-19 notified in Ireland to @hpscireland 19 COVID-19 patients have been admitted to ICU. Sadly three people have died. bit.ly/33I11U0
