Hospital type General Phone +353 56 778 5000 Province Leinster | Emergency department Yes Number of beds 285 Founded 1942 | |
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Care system Carlow-Kilkenny Acute Hospitals Similar University Hospital Waterford, Midland Regional Hospital, St Columcille's Hospital, Midland Regional Hospital, Midland Regional Hospital | ||
St. Luke's General Hospital, Kilkenny (also known as Carlow/Kilkenny General Hospital and Kilkenny District Hospital) (Irish: Ospidéal Ginearálta Naomh Lúcás, Cill Chainnigh) is a public hospital located in Kilkenny, Ireland. Founded in 1942, it is managed by the Irish Government's Health Service Executive and provides acute hospital services, including a 24-hour emergency department, for the population of County Kilkenny, County Carlow, and part of County Tipperary. In 2008, the hospital served 51,804 out-patients, 15,957 in-patients, and 9,260 day cases, with an average stay of 5.2 nights. In 2007, there were 33,590 accident and emergency department presentations. 71.9% of all admissions were made via the emergency department. The hospital saw 2,193 live births in 2008.
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Services
The hospital provides 285 beds, of which 228 are in-patient acute beds, while 12 are reserved for day cases. A further 45 beds are designated for in-patient psychiatric care. In-patient services include general medicine, general surgery, geriatrics, accident and emergency, endocrinology, palliative care, coronary care, oncology, rheumatology, obstetrics and gynaecology, paediatrics, psychiatry, and day surgery.
Hygiene
Independent audits rated hygiene levels as 76% or "fair" in 2005, rising to 89% or "good" in 2006. Hospital-acquired infection affected 1.8% of patients in 2007, with a Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection rate of 0.11 per 1,000 bed days.
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Staff
In 2007, the hospital employed over 880 staff, including: 91 doctors, 399 nurses, 60 health and social care professionals, 115 administrators, 193 general support staff, and 23 other patient/client care workers.