Medical News Ireland  
Thu, 09th Feb 2023
Log In Medical News Ireland
Medical News Ireland
Medical News Ireland

Related Sites

medical news ireland medical news ireland medical news ireland

You can use your existing Medical Independent, MediLearning or PharmacistCPD account to log in.

Forget Password?
Sign Up


Medicalindependent.ie is Ireland's only investigative medical news website for doctors, healthcare professionals and anyone with an interest in health issues.

Established in 2010, along with its sister publication The Medical Independent, our stated aim is to investigate and analyse the major issues affecting healthcare and the medical profession in Ireland. The Medical Independent has won a number of awards for its investigative journalism, and its stories are frequently picked up by national digital, broadcast and print media. The Medical Independent is published by GreenCross Publishing.

Address: Top Floor, 111 Rathmines Road Lr, Dublin 6

Tel: 353 (01) 441 0024

GreenCross Publishing is owned by Graham Cooke.


The benefits of registering: only registered users:
  • receive the ecCopy two days prior to the printed edition.
  • have automatic access to our free CPD sites.
  • can partake in our online MCQs.
  • can enter our online sports quiz.

Sign up now for ease of access to The Medical Independent, Ireland’s most frequently published medical newspaper, delivering award-winning news and investigative reporting.

Download the new Mindo app for both IOS & Android.

  • Get notified when a story goes live
  • Access Premium Content
  • Read Offline
 
[the_ad_placement id="main-ldb-public"]
[the_ad_placement id="main-ldb-mobile-public"]

You are reading 1 of 2 free-access articles allowed for 30 days

HSE marks World Hand Hygiene Day

By Dermot - 05th May 2016 | 5 views

According to the Executive the latest data from national audits shows that almost nine out of ten health professionals in Irish hospitals have clean hands.

Hand hygiene compliance rates in Irish hospitals now stand at 89.2 per cent. But that is still just below the HSE target of 90 per cent.

“Hand hygiene is the single most effective measure that healthcare workers, patients and the public can undertake to prevent healthcare associated infection which affect hundreds of millions of patients around the world every year,” said HSE’s Clinical Lead in Healthcare Associated Infections, Dr Robert Cunney.

“The HSE aims to build on improved rates of hand hygiene compliance amongst healthcare workers and spread this improvement in healthcare facilities outside of acute hospitals.

“The latest hand hygiene compliance rates show an overall compliance rate of 89.2 per cent in late 2015, a significant improvement on the 74.7 per cent achieved in 2011 when hand hygiene audits were introduced.

“The progress to date is very welcome, but improving it further is a priority for the HSE.”.

Leave a Reply

[the_ad_placement id="main-ldb-public-2"]
[the_ad_placement id="main-ldb-mobile-public-2"]
Latest Issue
View All
The Medical Independent – 24 June 2021

You need to be logged in to access this content. Please login or sign up using the links below.

Login
Sign Up
[the_ad_placement id="main-mpu-public"]
Most Read
Read More
[the_ad_placement id="main-ldb-public-2"]
[the_ad_placement id="main-ldb-mobile-public-2"]