PDF report table of contents
- Preliminary material
- Title and verso page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Summary
- What is SAB?
- SAB rates in 2011-12
- Body section
- 1 Introduction
- Background
- Healthcare-associated infections
- Staphylococcus aureus and SAB
- National initiatives to monitor and reduce SAB
- The SAB performance indicator
- Specification
- Data source
- State and territory
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia cases
- SAB cases in 2011–12
- How have SAB rates changed over time?
- Limitations of the data
- Variation in definitions
- Variation in coverage
- Limitations of the denominator
- Casemix differences
- Comparability of rates
- End matter
- Appendix A
- National Healthcare Agreement: PI 22–Healthcare-associated infections, 2013
- Appendix B
- Data quality statement for the National Staphylococcus aureus Bacteraemia Data Collection
- Summary of key issues
- Glossary
- References
- Appendix A