Pulse ULHG Staff Newsletter No 243

Written on 16/08/2024

Katrina Quinlan

Patient flow webinar :Optimal Management of Care of the Older Person in Urgent and Emergency Care Services

The fourth Patient Flow academy webinar is happening on :

Thursday 29 August 1pm to 2pm

The webinar is open to all operational and frontline HSE clinical staff across acute and community services with an interest in patient flow.

The webinar will be delivered by a panel of front-line staff responsible for leading clinical care for Older Persons in their respective services.

The panel includes:

•Dr Emer Ahern, National Clinical Advisor for Older Persons and Consultant Trauma and Orthogeriatrician in Cork University Hospital

•Dr Rosa McNamara, National Clinical Lead for the Emergency Programme and Consultant in Emergency Medicine, St. Vincent’s University Hospital

•Dr Marie O’ Connor, Consultant in Geriatric Medicine, Connolly Hospital and Centre for Rehabilitation at National Orthopaedic Hospital Cappagh

Tickets Now Available : Inaugural Wound Conference

Date: Sat Oct 19th, 2024

Location: Clinical Education and Research Centre UHL

Some topics to be discussed on the day:

•The latest on pressure ulcer prevention and management

•Managing surgical wounds and surgical site infections

•Innovation and quality improvement

Tickets now available here

Outbreak Update UHL

We are dealing with various outbreaks of infection in UHL. Affected wards detailed below.

All efforts should be made to reduce foot traffic through outbreak wards . This means a minimal number of team members should round on the affected wards.

Important notice on Mask Wearing:

Surgical or FFP2 mask wearing is recommended for visitors and all staff working in the above wards. Patients and visitors to be offered surgical masks on entry to these areas.

Remember:

•Personal Packs of alcohol-based hand gel are available for staff.

•Gloves to be worn appropriately, required for contact with blood, body fluids, secretions, excretions only.

•The decontamination of communal equipment is vital.

•Ensure that disinfectant wipes are available at communal computer points.

•No open sweets, biscuits tins at stations etc.

•Sitting on patients' beds discouraged.

•Discard open fruit/food on patient lockers in outbreak wards

Ward	TYPE
1B	Covid
IC	Covid
2C	Strep A
2D	Rotavirus
3A	Covid
3C	Covid
3D	Covid & Flu

MMR Vaccine Clinics

Health Care Workers across the Mid-West are being invited to attend one of the free MMR (Measles-Mumps-Rubella) Catch Up Vaccination Clinics over the coming weeks if they require the vaccine.

Location	Clinic Date	Clinic Time	Type

Clarecastle Health Centre, Clare Commons, Clarecastle, Co. Clare, V95 KP73	15/08/2024	10:00-13:00	MMR Catch Up Clinic – Walk In & Scheduled
Cre House Primary Care Centre, Templemore Road, Scart, Roscrea, Co. Tipperary, E53 X461	15/08/2024	11:00-15:00	MMR Catch Up Clinic – Walk In & Scheduled