MyHospitals: Healthcare-associated Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infections in public and private hospitals in 2016–17

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Last updated: 21 Dec 2017

Topic: Hospitals

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2017. MyHospitals: Healthcare-associated Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infections in public and private hospitals in 2016–17. Cat. no. HPF 15. Canberra: AIHW. Viewed 18 April 2021, https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/hospitals/myhospitals-sab-infections-hospitals-2016-17

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2017). MyHospitals: Healthcare-associated Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infections in public and private hospitals in 2016–17. Retrieved from https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/hospitals/myhospitals-sab-infections-hospitals-2016-17

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MyHospitals: Healthcare-associated Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infections in public and private hospitals in 2016–17. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 21 December 2017, https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/hospitals/myhospitals-sab-infections-hospitals-2016-17

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. MyHospitals: Healthcare-associated Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infections in public and private hospitals in 2016–17 [Internet]. Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2017 [cited 2021 Apr. 18]. Available from: https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/hospitals/myhospitals-sab-infections-hospitals-2016-17

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) 2017, MyHospitals: Healthcare-associated Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infections in public and private hospitals in 2016–17, viewed 18 April 2021, https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/hospitals/myhospitals-sab-infections-hospitals-2016-17

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This MyHospitals web update presents information on healthcare-associated Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infections for 677 Australian public hospitals and around 70 private hospitals in 2016–17. Data are presented for total cases, and from 2016–17 cases are disaggregated by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA).

Cat. no: HPF 15

Findings from this report:

76 private hospitals reported SAB data for 2016–17
0.6% of public hospitals with surveillance reported a rate above the benchmark of 2.0 cases per 10,000 days of care
Most public hospitals reported a SAB rate below the national benchmark of 2.0 cases per 10,000 days of care

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