The prevalence of healthcare associated infections among adult inpatients at nineteen large Australian acute-care public hospitals: a point prevalence survey.

Philip L RussoAndrew J StewardsonAllen C ChengTracey BucknallBrett G Mitchell

Published in: Antimicrobial resistance and infection control (2019)

This is the first HAI PPS to be conducted in Australia in 34 years. The prevalence rate is higher than the previous Australian study and that reported by the ECDC, however differences in methodology limit comparison. Regular, large scale HAI PPS should be undertaken to generate national HAI data to inform and drive national interventions.

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