Guidelines for the early clinical and public health management of bacterial meningitis (including Meningococcal Disease)

Author: HPSC;HSE

Publication Year: 2012

Contents

Background to the guidelines
Members of the Working Group
Acknowledgements
Terms of reference
Foreword
Key recommendations
Glossary of acronyms
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Pre-Admission Management
Chapter 3. Hospital Management
Chapter 4. Surveillance
Chapter 5. Epidemiology of Meningococcal Disease and other forms of Bacterial Meningitis (Ireland)
Chapter 6. Laboratory Diagnosis of Invasive Meningococcal Disease
Chapter 7. Public Health Management of Sporadic Cases of Meningococcal Disease
Chapter 8. Management of Clusters/Outbreaks of Meningococcal Disease
Chapter 9. Chemoprophylaxis for Contacts of Meningococcal Disease
Chapter 10. Infection Control for Meningococcal Disease
Chapter 11. Public Health Management of Cases of H.Influenza Type b (Hib) Disease
Chapter 12. Public Health Management of Clusters of Serious Pneumococcal Disease
Appendix 1. Annual Number of Bacterial Meningitis Notifications by Causative Pathogen, 1999-2010
Appendix 2. Useful Resources
Appendix 3. Enhanced Surveillance Forms
Appendix 4. Examples of Chemoprolaxis Information
Appendix 5. Examples of Vaccination Information
Appendix 6. Examples of Templates for Letters
Appendix 7. Examples of Disease Information Leaflets

Format	Download
Keywords	clinical guidelines, meningitis
Publisher	Health Protection Surveillance Centre
Classification	meningitis
Pages	154
Categories:	Irish Content
External Link	http://www.hpsc.ie/