| Study Title |
A52 Infectious Disease Outbreaks |
| Data Owner |
Health Protection Surveillance Centre (www.hpsc.ie). |
| Description |
National system. Details of outbreaks to Departments of Public Health |
| Primary Function |
To monitor infectious disease outbreaks in order to inform public health professionals on the causes and factors contributing to outbreaks, to put control measures in place to curtail the outbreak, to target prevention strategies and to monitor the effectiveness of prevention programmes. |
| Key Variables |
ID Other; County; Geog Other |
| Themes |
Health |
| Unit Of Observation |
Outbreak |
| Frequency |
Continuous |
| Target Population |
Outbreak |
| Format |
Separate record for each outbreak |
| Method |
Computerised Infectious Disease Reporting System (CIDR) |
| Most Recent Publication |
- See Weekly Outbreak Report (summarising details of outbreaks reported each week over the previous 4 weeks). Available at: www.hpsc.ie/hpsc/
- See also data on infectious disease outbreaks in the HPSC Annual Report and in Epi-Insight articles. Available at: www.hpsc.ie/hpsc/
A-Z/Outbreaks |
| Access Further Information |
Health Protection Surveillance Centre
25-27 Middle Gardiner Street
Dublin 1
Web: www.hpsc.ie |
| Notes |
Outbreaks (unusual clusters or changing patterns of illness) are specified as notifiable under the Infectious Diseases (Amendment) Regulations 2003 (S.I. No. 707 of 2003). |