Thanks to Mary O'Connor aineblake Fionnuala Hunt Denise McCarthy providing a masterclass on care of the pregnant & postnatal mom in general hospital setting to a full room of nurses #IMEWS #recognisesepsis Mary o'connor Bridie O'Sullivan Ireland South Women & Infants Directorate nurses&midwives ❤️

This week we celebrate National Breastfeeding Week. This year's theme is “Making our communities and workplaces more Breastfeeding friendly”. Thanks to our fantastic Infant Feeding Coordinators for educating and supporting parents on the benefits of breastfeeding.

Another busy morning for our Winter Vaccination Team!! Great to see such a good uptake from staff. #FluVaccine HSE National Immunisation Office (NIO) HSE Ireland Sinead Horgan

#READ📖 HSE Acute and Community services, eHealth and AMRIC are working together to introduce a National Clinical Surveillance IT System for Infection and Prevention Control. Read more here➡️ pulse.ly/pv6jbi16l2 #eHealth4all

Congratulating Sinead Horgan on being awarded her Professional Doctorate. Fantastic achievement and just recognition for her hard work and dedication 👏👏👏with immense support from Josephine Hegarty Jonathan Drennan mohamad saab UCC School of Nursing & Midwifery 🌈

The process should not control the patient- the patient is part of the process Sheilagh #Better2getherDH2023

Mary Fitzmaurice CNM2 SSI delivering grand rounds this morning Ireland South Women & Infants Directorate on data collected on surgical site infection surveillance. Key priority - prevention post C-Section. Great work #qualityimprovement Eimear Brannigan 🇪🇺🇮🇪🇬🇧 Mairead O'Riordan Bridie O'Sullivan South/South West Hospital Group Katie Bourke

Sepsis is a life-threatening complication of an infection. If you or someone you look after has an infection and is very unwell, or not getting better, don't be afraid to ask 'could it be sepsis?' To find out what symptoms to look out for, visit: bit.ly/3wMe759

🌞🏃‍♀️Going for a walk, parkrun Ireland this bank holiday weekend, are you training for Cork City Marathon VhiWMM listen to my podcast on #sepsis share link with friends and family #publicawareness #coulditbesepsis HSE QPS HSE Ireland Sinead Horgan Bridie O'Sullivan EchoLive.ie Vhi Healthcare

Great turnout Cork University Hospitals for the Child & Family Nursing Conference this morning. Call to my stand for information on #sepsis Sinead Horgan Bridie O'Sullivan Sinead Favier Bebhinn o'sullivan Rory O'Brien NMPDU South West Nuala Clarke HSE QPS

Fantastic line up of morning speakers Cork University Hospitals Child & Family Nursing conference with Helen Cahalane, DON, and chair & conference committee #CorkCFNC2024 Bridie O'Sullivan Children, Equality, Disability, Integration, Youth Loretto Grogan HSE Technology and Transformation

REMINDER: upcoming SSIS webinar with Melissa Rochon as keynote speaker on Tuesday 16th April at 2.30pm via Webex. Register using link below: shorturl.at/hBZ15

Another great line up of speakers Melissa Rochon from Guy's and St Thomas' who shares insights into methods of post discharge SSI surveillance plus great initiatives & learning from Triona Murphy Reena Chacko SUJAMOL N P Bronwyn Redmond The National Maternity Hospital Karen Davis Holden Denise McCarthy Mary Fitzmaurice

2 education webinars taking place on Tuesday April 30th on SSI Surveillance post C-section Public Health Nurses & Community RGNs @ 2pm Registration link: shorturl.at/cwDKZ Practice Nurses – Tuesday 30th April @ 7.30pm Registration Link: shorturl.at/nCGHU

🗣️#sparkseed #pitch 2 by @sineadhorgan1 @maryfitzm12 who have turned a #problem of lack of standardised approach for patients to show how to cleanse before surgery into an #opportunity to develop animation materials to educate their patients.

Graduation day ⁦Sinead Horgan⁩ celebrating her Professional Doctorate award for her amazing work. Congratulations & well done 👏👏👏 ⁦UCC School of Nursing & Midwifery 🌈⁩ ⁦Josephine Hegarty⁩ mohamad saab @Jadrennan ⁦Denise McCarthy⁩ ⁦Mary Fitzmaurice⁩ ⁦⁦Ann Kelleher

Mary Fitzmaurice showcasing the great work in reducing surgical site infection in the maternity units Ireland South Women & Infants Directorate through education & targeted interventions & sharing the video on SSI & Sepsis for maternity patients post C-Section Bridie O'Sullivan HSE QPS #Sepsis2024

Struck🏅at the #WSD stand Cork University Hospitals with a special visitor #PullLikeADogForSepsis #RecogniseSepsis Rowing Ireland Kieran McCarthy Bridie O'Sullivan HSE QPS #OlympicsIreland #KnowTheSigns

Well done to all at inch park run for raising awareness on sepsis! Ireland South Women & Infants Directorate Sinead Horgan Denise McCarthy Mary Fitzmaurice Bridie O'Sullivan #SepsisAwarenessMonth #Sepsis