Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA)

A copy of the minutes of meetings discussed in the paragraph in italics below and any information whatsoever, both clinical and non clinical on computer or in manual form in relation to the following paragraph in italics on page 42 of the Inspection Report of Mullingar Regional Hospital that took place on the 6th and 7th December 2022. Report of an inspection against the National Standards for Safer Better Healthcare: Regional Hospital Mullingar: 6th & 7 th December 2022: Healthcare service ID: OSV-0001072: Fieldwork ID: NS_0019. The paragraph I am referring to in the HIQA Report on page 42 is as follows: "The Hospital had two confirmed outbreaks of CPE in February and May of 2022. There was no evidence that outbreak reports were completed for the outbreaks of CPE in line with national guidelines. Minutes of outbreak meetings submitted to HIQA showed that actions required to reduce the risk of further CPE outbreaks were discussed at those meetings".