Australians are unwittingly being exposed to increased risk of harm from taking antibiotics, when often these medicines are used to treat common infections where they will have no or little benefit, according to the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care.

Released 16 November 2023

AURA 2023: Fifth Australian Report on Antimicrobial Use and Resistance in Human Health is being released on 16 November 2023, highlighting data trends and analyses across acute and community care settings. 

This Key Findings summary features the most compelling data findings from AURA 2023, with excerpts taken from the report for easy reference.

This issue includes items on governance and leadership, nursing care, digital health, COVID-19 and more.

Also covered are the latest issues of The Journal for Healthcare Quality, Health Affairs Scholar, Health Affairs and Health Expectations along with early online papers from BMJ Quality & Safety and International Journal for Quality in Health Care and the latest from USA’s AHRQ and CDC.

This fact sheet highlights key findings from AURA 2023 and priorities for action to support primary care services and clinicians prevent and control antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and improve antimicrobial use.

This fact sheet highlights key findings from AURA 2023 and priorities for action to support aged care services and clinicians prevent and control antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and improve antimicrobial use.

This fact sheet highlights key findings from AURA 2023 and priorities for action to support infection prevention and control clinicians prevent and control antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and improve antimicrobial use.

This fact sheet highlights key findings from AURA 2023 and information about antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) and antimicrobial resistance (AMR), to support pharmacists working across primary and acute care settings.