Antibiotic Overuse at Navan Hospital (Among Others) Left Surgery Patients at Risk of Superbug, HSE Audit Reveals – 25/06/2025
Patients undergoing surgery were put at risk of a superbug infection or kidney damage because they were given preventative antibiotics for too long, a HSE internal audit has revealed.The audit looked at how three hospitals were implementing guidelines around use of antibiotics for patients undergoing surgery to reduce their chance of an infection setting in around the surgical site.One of the hospitals involved is Our Lady’s Hospital in Navan, and Aontu Leader & Meath-West TD Peadar Toibin spoke to us this morning on The Agenda about this. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more…
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