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Guidelines for the Early Clinical and Public Health Management of Bacterial Meningitis (including Meningococcal Disease) The draft document was placed on the HPSC website for general consultation on October 18 th 2011. A notice about this posting appeared in the HPSC monthly on-line bulletin, Epi-Insight, on November 1 st 2011. The consultation period closed on November 29 th 2011. Feedback was received from the following individuals or organisations they represented: • Dr Anthony Breslin on behalf of Dept. Public Health, HSE North West • Ms Aisling Clancy, Senior Pharmacist, Antimicrobials, Letterkenny General Hospital, Co Donegal • Dr Robert Cunney, Consultant Microbiologist, HPSC and Children’s University Hospital, Temple Street, Dublin 1 • Professor Martin Cormican, Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Galway, Galway • Ms Linda Glennie, Clodagh Hegarty, on behalf of Meningitis Research Foundation, UK • Dr Fidelma Fitzpatrick, Consultant Microbiologist, HPSC and Beaumont Hospital, RCPI and HSE Clinical lead - Prevention of Healthcare-associated Infection • Ms Mairead Holland, Infection Control, Adelaide & Meath Hospital, incorporating the National Children’s Hospital (AMNCH), Dublin 24 • Professor Jonathan Hourihane, Cork University Hospital, Cork • Dr Paul Kelly, Consultant in Emergency Medicine, Waterford Regional Hospital, Waterford • Dr Catherine Lynch on behalf of Dept. Public Health, HSE-Southeast • Dr Maureen Lynch, Consultant Microbiologist, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin 7 • Dr Brian Marsh, Chairperson Division of Anaesthesia, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin 7 • Dr Patricia Mc Donald, Dr Howard Johnson, Dr Mary Ward on behalf of Dept. Public Health, HSE East • Professor Philip Murphy, Consultant in Medical Microbiology, Adelaide & Meath Hospital, incorporating the National Children’s Hospital (AMNCH), Dublin 24, Dublin 24 • Dr Diarmuid O’Donovan on behalf of the Dept. Public Health, HSE-West • Mr James Powell, Surveillance Scientist, Mid-Western Regional Hospital, Limerick and member of the Scientific Advisory Committee (HPSC) • Mr Brian Power on behalf of Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council. -6-
Guidelines for the Early Clinical and Public Health Management of Bacterial Meningitis (including Meningococcal Disease) Members of the Working Group • Dr Darina O’Flanagan, Director, Health Protection Surveillance Centre (Chair) • Ms Nellie Bambury, Infection Prevention Society (2006 to 2010) • Professor Karina Butler, Faculty of Paediatrics and Royal College of Physicians of Ireland • Professor Mary Cafferkey, Consultant Microbiologist, Director of the Irish Meningococcal and Meningitis Reference Laboratory (to 2010) and Royal College of Surgeons (RCSI) • Dr Suzanne Cotter, Specialist in Public Health Medicine, Health Protection Surveillance Centre • Ms Paula McElligott, Infection Prevention Society (up to 2005) • Dr Dominick Natin, Faculty of Occupational Medicine, Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (up to 2005) • Dr Dermot Nolan, Irish College of General Practitioners (up to 2005) • Dr Emer O’Connell, Specialist in Public Health Medicine, Faculty of Public Health Medicine, Royal College of Physicians of Ireland • Dr Piaras O’Lorcain, Surveillance Scientist, Health Protection Surveillance Centre • Dr Fiona Ryan, Specialist in Public Health Medicine, Faculty of Public Health Medicine, Royal College of Physicians of Ireland Clinical Subgroup • Professor Karina Butler, Faculty of Paediatrics, Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (Chair) • Dr Sinead Donohue, SpR in Public Health Medicine, Health Protection Surveillance Centre, (Chair 2011) • Dr William Casey, Consultant Anaesthetist, Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin, Dublin • Dr Suzanne Cotter, Specialist in Public Health Medicine, Health Protection Surveillance Centre • Dr Brian Marsh, Consultant Anaesthetist, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin • Professor Owen Smith, Consultant Haematologist, Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin, Dublin • Ms Aoibheann O’Malley, Health Protection Surveillance Centre, was administrative secretary to the group -7-
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