| Study Title |
A51 Infectious Disease Notifications |
| Data Owner |
Health Protection Surveillance Centre (www.hpsc.ie). |
| Description |
National system. Case-based reports of notifiable infectious diseasesare forwarded to the Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC)by the Departments of Public Health via CIDR. Departments of PublicHealth are notified of infectious disease cases by GPs or hospitalclinicians using a paper-based system and by laboratories via CIDR.Public Health processes the clinical and lab notification data inCIDR. More detailed surveillance is undertaken by Departments ofPublic Health on selected diseases; this information is collected ondisease-specific forms and these data are input and collated in CIDR.Once records are processed by Public Health, HPSC can review ananonymised version of the data in CIDR. |
| Primary Function |
Analysis of each of the notifiable diseases with the aim of improving prevention and control of these diseases in Ireland. Infectious disease surveillance by the HPSC enables the monitoring of disease trends, evaluation of preventive programmes and the detection and response to disease outbreaks and incidents of regional, national and international significance. |
| Key Variables |
ID Other; Sex; DOB; Age Other; County; Geog Other; Nationality |
| Themes |
Health |
| Unit Of Observation |
Individual case |
| Start Date |
Varies depending on the disease |
| Frequency |
Continuous |
| Target Population |
Individual case |
| Format |
Separate record for each individual case |
| Method |
Computerised Infectious Disease Reporting System (CIDR) |
| Most Recent Publication |
- See Weekly Infectious Disease reports (providing national-level figures and also a breakdown by HSE area). Available at: www.hpsc.ie/hpsc/
- See also more detailed monthly, quarterly or biannual reports for certain diseases. Available at: www.hpsc.ie/hpsc/TopicsA-Z
- See also HPSC Annual Report presenting details on all diseases. Available at: www.hpsc.ie/hpsc/ |
| Access Further Information |
Health Protection Surveillance Centre
25-27 Middle Gardiner Street
Dublin 1
Web: www.hpsc.ie |
| Notes |
Currently, 68 of the 82 notifiable diseases specified under the Infectious Diseases (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I. No. 452 of 2011) are reported via CIDR.
A full list of all notifiable diseases is available at: http://hpsc.ie/hpsc/NotifiableDiseases/ |