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Superbug: University Hospital Limerick approves rapid test for problematic CPE

A RAPID test kit for detecting the potentially-fatal CPE superbug has been trialled and approved at University Hospital Limerick, the UL Hospitals Group has confirmed. Since the first detection of CPE at UHL in 2009, which was the first ever Irish ...

06 Nov 2018 at 06:00

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Review: Superbug patient at University Hospital Limerick listed as deceased was alive

A SUPERBUG patient who was included in a list of names of deceased University Hospital Limerick inpatients that was sent to the local coroner in 2017, was in fact still alive. In July 2017, a whistleblower issued coroner John McNamara with a list ...

15 Oct 2018 at 06:02

Health

Review: Expert’s stark warning on superbug saga at University Hospital Limerick

THE EXPERT behind University Hospital Limerick’s probe into 73 patient deaths has said the superbug crisis “threatens us with the dawn of a ‘post-antibiotic’ era, undoing many of the gains made in public health over the last century”. The stark ...

13 Oct 2018 at 11:00

Health

'Greater vigilance' urged as new superbug outbreak declared at University Hospital Limerick

MANAGEMENT at University Hospital Limerick has said "greater vigilance" is required amid the outbreak of a new type of superbug this week, as visiting restrictions remain in place. The UL Hospitals Group stated this Friday evening that there ...

31 Aug 2018 at 20:31

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University Hospital Limerick endures highest level of overcrowding amid superbug outbreak

UNIVERSITY Hospital Limerick is enduring the highest level of overcrowding in the country as it deals with a major outbreak of the deadly CPE superbug. According to figures published by the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation, there were ...

13 Aug 2018 at 11:03

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