Surveillance of Antimicrobial Consumption
HPSC produces data from primary care and hospital care areas in Ireland, and is part of an international network that provides information on the use of anti-bacterial and other anti-infection drugs.
Surveillance reports contain details of data source, limitation, methods and other background.
Surveillance of Antimicrobial Consumption in Hospital Sector, 2025
23, Mar 2026
1.58 MB
Surveillance of Antimicrobial Consumption in Primary Care, Q1, 2026
26, Jun 2026
2.82 MB
Information, Data and Reports for
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Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control
- Surveillance of Antimicrobial Consumption
- Antibiotics
- Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance
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European Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Network (EARS-Net)
- Latest EARS-Net Data and Reports
- EARS-Net Protocol
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Reference and Educational Resource Material
- Enterococcal bacteraemia (Enterococcus species (blood)) Case Definition
- Enterococci / VRE
- Escherichia coli infection (invasive) (Escherichia coli (blood, CSF))
- Klebsiella pneumoniae
- Pseudomonas aeruginosa
- S. aureus/MRSA
- Streptococcus pneumoniae infection (invasive) (Streptococcus pneumoniae (blood, CSF or other normally sterile site))
- Infection Control and Healthcare-Associated Infection
- Carbapenemase Producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE)
- Clostridioides difficile
- mcr-positive Enterobacteriaceae infection or colonisation
- MDRO (Multi Drug Resistant Organisms)
- Novel or rare antimicrobial resistant organism (NRAO)
- Links
Ireland’s specialist service for the surveillance of communicable diseases.