There were no reported cases of hospital super bug MRSA at Ennis General in the first nine months of last year.
New figures on the bloodstream infection show the number of cases overall across the state fell to 355 from January to September 2009 down from 439 the year before.
The largest number of cases were reported by Galway University Hospital- 28 in all. Some 25 cases were reported by St James’s Hospital in Dublin and 21 by Cork University Hospital.