Hygiene risk to Coombe maternity patients

One of the country’s leading maternity hospitals is potentially putting vulnerable patients’ health at risk due to ongoing hygiene problems on its wards.

The claim has been made in a new inspection report into the Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital in Dublin by the Health Information Quality Authority.

According to the independent watchdog’s latest investigation, based on an unannounced visit to the facility in March, the Coombe generally provides a high standard of care and protection to mothers and newborn children.