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Health Protection Surveillance Centre Surveillance of outbreaks of infectious disease in Ireland: Q 4 2019 provisional data APRIL, 2020
Provisional data, Q 4 2019
Outbreak of Infectious diseases in Ireland, Q 4 2019 Table 1. Number of outbreaks and rate per 100, 000 population by HSE area, Q 4 2019 HSE Area Number of Outbreaks Rate per 100, 000 population E 55 3. 2 M 16 8. 2 MW 12 3. 1 NE 13 2. 8 NW 11 4. 2 SE 37 7. 2 S 18 2. 6 W 26 5. 7 Total 196 4. 6 Note Data Source CIDR Total figure excludes one outbreak which was notified by HPSC and comprised of cases from multiple HSE areas.
Outbreak of Infectious diseases in Ireland, Q 4 2019 Table 2. Number of Outbreaks by numbers ill and location, Q 4, 2019 Location Number of Outbreaks Numbers ill Childcare facility 9 84 Community hospital/Long stay unit 16 141 Community outbreak 3 11 Acute Hospital 46 308 Hotel 2 424 Nursing home 54 635 Other 2 7 Private house 37 64 Residential institution 6 54 Restaurant/Cafe 1 5 School 15 729 Travel-related 1 5 University/College 3 127 Workplace 2 14 Total 197 2604
Outbreak of Infectious diseases in Ireland, Q 4 2019 Table 3. Number of Infectious Intestinal diseases by outbreak and numbers ill, Q 4, 2019 Disease Acute Infectious Gastroenteritis Outbreaks Numbers ill 26 304 Clostridium Difficile infection 1 7 Cryptosporidiosis 1 1 Giardiasis 2 4 39 887 Salmonellosis 3 12 Shigellosis 2 8 VTEC 28 46 Total 102 1269 Noroviral Infection Note Data source CIDR VTEC denotes Verocytotoxigenic Escherichia coli
Outbreaks of Infectious Diseases in Ireland Q 4, 2019 Table 4. Number of non-IID Outbreaks and numbers ill, Q 4, 2019. Non IID Disease No. of Outbreaks Acute respiratory infection Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) infection or colonisation Chickenpox Hand Foot and Mouth Hepatitis B (acute and chronic) Influenza Leptospirosis Measles Mumps Pertussis Pseudomonas Respiratory syncytial virus Scabies Tuberculosis Vancomycin-resistant Enterococci (VRE) colonisation Total Data Source CIDR *CPE numbers refer to lab confirmed colonisations 17 Numbers ill 337 6 1 3 1 46 1 1 3 2 1 5 1 3 3 92 14* 8 42 2 696 1 8 116 2 6 41 5 8 8 1287
Outbreaks of Infectious diseases in Ireland, Q 4 2019 Table 5. Number of outbreaks by Healthcare setting Outbreak Disease/Pathogen Acute Infectious Gastroenteritis Acute Respiratory Infection Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) infection or colonisation Clostridium difficile infection Influenza Measles Norovirus Respiratory syncytial virus Vancomycin-resistant Enterococci colonisation Total data source CIDR Community hospital/Long-stay Acute unit hospital 0 4 3 1 0 0 6 0 5 2 0 15 6 1 12 1 16 1 3 45 Nursing home Residential institution Total 8 1 13 5 2 11 0 0 23 0 16 0 0 52 0 0 1 0 6 6 1 43 1 37 4 3 118
Further Information - Further information on outbreaks can be found at - https: //www. hpsc. ie/a-z/outbreaks/
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