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Professor Karen Burns

Registration No: 24039

Biography

Graduate of Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (2000) Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training in Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Pathology, Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (2010) Consultant Clinical Microbiologist Beaumont Hospital (2010 to date) Lead Consultant for Infection Prevention & Control, Beaumont Hospital (2021 to date)

Scope of practice

Diagnosis and management of infection Infection prevention and control Antimicrobial stewardship Surveillance and epidemiology of infection Surgical infection Critical care infection Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT)

Qualifications

MB BAO BCh LRCP & SI (2000), MRCSI (2003), MRCPI (2005), FRCPath (2009), CSCST Clinical Microbiology (2010), MSc (2013), FRCPI FFPath (2016)

Research & Scientific Contributions

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Karen-Burns-3 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2552-5933
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Contact

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