TY - JOUR
T1 - Variation in health care-associated infection surveillance practices in Australia
AU - Russo, Philip L
AU - Cheng, Allen Cheuk-Seng
AU - Richards, Michael J
AU - Graves, Nicholas
AU - Hall, Lisa
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - In the absence of a national health care-associated infection surveillance program in Australia, differences between existing state-based programs were explored using an online survey. Only 51 of respondents who undertake surveillance have been trained, fewer than half perform surgical site infection surveillance prospectively, and only 41 indicated they risk adjust surgical site infection data. Widespread variation of surveillance methods highlights future challenges when considering the development and implementation of a national program in Australia.
AB - In the absence of a national health care-associated infection surveillance program in Australia, differences between existing state-based programs were explored using an online survey. Only 51 of respondents who undertake surveillance have been trained, fewer than half perform surgical site infection surveillance prospectively, and only 41 indicated they risk adjust surgical site infection data. Widespread variation of surveillance methods highlights future challenges when considering the development and implementation of a national program in Australia.
UR - http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0196655315001431
U2 - 10.1016/j.ajic.2015.02.029
DO - 10.1016/j.ajic.2015.02.029
M3 - Article
SN - 0196-6553
VL - 43
SP - 773
EP - 775
JO - American Journal of Infection Control
JF - American Journal of Infection Control
IS - 7
ER -