St. Luke's General Hospital

St. Luke's General Hospital, Kilkenny
Health Service Executive
Geography
Location	Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Ireland
Organisation
Care system	Carlow-Kilkenny Acute Hospitals
Type	General
Services
Emergency department	Yes
Beds	285
History
Opened	1942

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.

Patient care

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.

Waiting lists

Adult

• adult surgical patients waiting 3–6 months: 87
• adult surgical patients waiting 6–12 months: 41
• adult surgical patients waiting over 12 months: 8
• adult medical patients waiting 3–6 months: 2
• adult medical patients waiting 6–12 months: 0
• adult medical patients waiting over 12 months:0

Paediatric

• child surgical patients waiting 3–6 months: 0
• child surgical patients waiting 6–12 months: 0
• child surgical patients waiting over 12 months: 0
• child medical patients waiting 3–6 months:0
• child medical patients waiting 6–12 months:0
• child medical patients waiting over 12 months: 0

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.