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Hospital Performance: Healthcare-associated Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infections in 2012–13
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2014) Hospital Performance: Healthcare-associated Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infections in 2012–13, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 29 March 2024.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2014). Hospital Performance: Healthcare-associated Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infections in 2012–13. Canberra: AIHW.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Hospital Performance: Healthcare-associated Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infections in 2012–13. AIHW, 2014.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Hospital Performance: Healthcare-associated Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infections in 2012–13. Canberra: AIHW; 2014.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2014, Hospital Performance: Healthcare-associated Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infections in 2012–13, AIHW, Canberra.
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Over 1,700 cases of a potentially deadly infection reported in public hospitals.
The report found big differences in the rate of healthcare-associated Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) bloodstream infections contracted by patients in hospital.
Major hospitals reported a disproportionate number (over 80%) of the 1,724 cases of potentially deadly healthcare-associated S. aureus. Both the antibiotic-treatable and the more serious antibiotic-resistant strains of S. aureus, commonly known as ‘Golden Staph’, were included in the report.
This publication was originally published by the National Health Performance Authority, which transferred its activities to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare on 1 July 2016.
80% of healthcare-associated S. aureus bloodstream infections were reported at major hospitals
Large hospitals accounted for about 8% of all reported cases and 11% of all patient bed days monitored
Among major hospitals with more vulnerable patients, the rate of infection varied more than three-fold
At major hospitals with fewer vulnerable patients, rates were 11 times higher at some hospitals than others
Hospital Performance: Healthcare-associated Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infections in 2012–13