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The National Public Health Emergency Team on Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) held their 14^th meeting yesterday, 15^th March 2018.

The focus of discussion at the meeting was governance arrangements at an operational level in the HSE to target CPE.  The group also discussed the second monthly HPSC CPE Surveillance Report published on March 8^th, available at http://www.hpsc.ie/a-z/microbiologyantimicrobialresistance/strategyforthecontrolofantimicrobialresistanceinirelandsari/carbapenemresistantentero

bacteriaceaecre/surveillanceofcpeinireland/cpemonthlysurveillancereports/ .

The latest figures from the National CPE Reference Laboratory were presented to the group.  In the three-week period from 19^th February to 12^th March 2018, a total of 17 new patients with CPE were detected.

The minutes of all previous meetings and related documents are published on the dedicated webpage, hosted on the Department of Health website.