Episodes of Staphylococcus aureus (including MRSA and MSSA) bacteraemia (SAB) in acute care hospitals.
Temporal coverage 1/7/2009 to 30/6/2017 |
Geographical coverage National Other |
Data availability
Client specified tables on request which may be subject to data provider approval (charges apply). |
Data scope The dataset includes counts of cases of SAB for each public hospital covered by SAB surveillance arrangements, for some states and territories, there is less than 100% coverage of public hospitals. A patient episode of SAB is defined as a positive blood culture for Staphylococcus aureus. For surveillance purposes, only the first isolate per patient is counted, unless at least 14 days has passed without a positive blood culture, after which an additional episode is recorded.
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Methodology Admin data |
Metadata information and data quality statement (DQS) |
External links and information Web report (National/State/Territory*): Bloodstream infections associated with hospital care 2019-20* * Note that this report only includes national and state/territory level data. Public hospital data are consistent with NHA PI 22 (a small number of privately operated public hospitals) ** Public hospital data includes a small number of privately operated public hospitals. |
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