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released: 30 Nov 2011 author: AIHW media release

In 2010-11: all states and territories had rates of hospital-associated SAB below the national benchmark with rates ranging from 0.9 to 1.4 cases per 10, 000 patient days; there were 1,873 cases of hospital-associated SAB reported for Australia. The reported SAB cases occurred during approximately 17 million days of patient care.

ISSN 1036-613X; ISBN 978-1-74249-263-6; Cat. no. HSE 116; 15pp.; $17.50

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Publication table of contents

  • Preliminary material
    • Title and verso title
    • Foreword
    • Contents
    • Acknowledgments
    • Abbreviations
    • Summary
      • What is SAB?
      • SAB rates by jurisdiction
  • Body content
    • 1 Introduction
      • Background
      • The SAB performance indicator
      • Data source
      • Structure of this report
      • State and territory information
    • 2 Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia cases in 2010–11
    • 3 Strategies to reduce SAB
      • Hand hygiene
      • Overview of Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care strategies to reduce healthcare-associated SAB
  • End matter
    • Appendix A: Data quality statement for the National Staphylococcus aureus Bacteraemia Data Collection (NSABDC)
      • Summary of key issues
    • Glossary
    • References

Recommended citation

AIHW 2011. Australian hospital statistics 2010-2011: Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia in Australian public hospitals. Health services series no. 42. Cat. no. HSE 116. Canberra: AIHW.