Surveillance of antimicrobial consumption in Ireland

Data on antimicrobials dispensed by hospital pharmacies, and antimicrobials purchased by community pharmacies, are collected and converted into a standardised measure using the World Health Organization ATC/DDD classification.

Purpose: In scope: To support overall multi-faceted strategy for the control and prevention of infectious diseases by providing standardised measure of antimicrobial consumption for acute hospitals and community setting.

Coverage: 42 public acute hospitals participating; coverage of primary care is over 95%.

Data collected on monthly basis where possible, else quarterly.

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Additional Info

Field Value
Contact points
Contact point 1
URI
Name
Health Protection Surveillance Centre
Email
data@health-protection-su.ie
Identifier
Publisher
Publisher 1
URI
Name
Health Protection Surveillance Centre
Email
URL
Type
http://purl.org/adms/publishertype/NationalAuthority
Identifier
Creator
Homepage
Landing page
Release date January 1, 2003
Modification date August 14, 2024
Version
Version notes
Identifier NDC-0120
Frequency http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/frequency/ANNUAL
Provenance

Hospitals pharmacies send data directly to HPSC by quarters or by months where possible; a secure online tool (MicroB) is available to assist remote uploading and analysis. Primary care data are received on a monthly basis from IMS Health.
Type
Temporal coverage
Temporal coverage 1
Start
January 1, 2003
End
November 4, 2025
Temporal resolution
Spatial coverage
Spatial coverage 1
URI
http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/country/IRL
Label
Ireland
Geometry
Bounding Box
Centroid
Spatial resolution in meters
Access rights http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/access-right/PUBLIC
Other identifier
Theme
  1. http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/data-theme/HEAL
Language
  1. http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/ENG
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Health category
  1. http://health.europa.eu/ehds/category/registries
Health theme
  1. http://health.europa.eu/theme/public-health
  2. http://health.europa.eu/theme/epidemiology
Legal basis
Minimum typical age 15
Maximum typical age 85
Number of records 225632
Number of records for unique individuals. 263119
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