Skally, Mairead http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3876-8229
Leonard, Maeve
O’Halloran, Philip J. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9175-8682
Husien, Ben http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2537-8897
Bennett, Kathleen http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2861-7665
Burns, Karen http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2552-5933
Dinesh, Binu
Humphreys, Hilary http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9646-2183
Fitzpatrick, Fidelma http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3204-5962
Funding for this research was provided by:
Irish Research Council (EBPPG/2022/196)
Article History
Received: 14 September 2023
Accepted: 30 October 2023
First Online: 16 November 2023
Declarations
:
: The study was approved by the Beaumont Hospital Ethics Committee (REC reference 19/33).
: Not applicable as all data used in this research was retrospective and fully anonymised at source.
: Not applicable as all data used in this research was retrospective and fully anonymised at source.
: HH has received research grants from Pfizer and has advised the Scottish Hospitals Inquiry and the Bons Secours Hospital Group (Ireland) on infection prevention and control issues. FF has received research grant support and been a recipient of a consultancy fee from Tillotts Pharma.