PDF report table of contents
- Preliminary material
- Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia (SAB) in Australian public hospitals 2015–16
- Body section
- 1 Introduction
- 1.1 What is Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia?
- 1.2 SAB is an indicator of the safety and quality of hospital care
- 2 There were 1,440 SAB cases in public hospitals in 2015–16
- 2.1 SAB rates were lower than the national benchmark in 2015–16
- 2.2 SAB rates varied by type of hospital
- 2.3 SAB cases and rates have decreased over time
- 3 What is Australia doing to reduce SAB?
- 3.1 Hand hygiene
- 4 Data collection
- 4.1 Data quality summary
- 1 Introduction
- End matter
- References
