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This info graphic highlights the key findings from the third CDI Technical report: Monitoring the national burden of Clostridioides difficile infection in Australian public hospitals: 2016 to 2018.

To provide clarification of the requirement of National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standard Item 3.6 a risk-based workforce immunisation program, as applied to dental practice.

These fact sheets, and other HACs resources released by the Commission, have been developed to support clinicians and others to reduce the occurrence and impact of HACs. 

This report describes priority actions to prevent and manage of Clostridioides difficile infection in Australia.

This report includes analyses on the burden of CDI in Australian public hospitals in 2016.

This report highlights concerning results for three types of significant resistances in Australia:

• Methicillin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
• Fluoroquinolone non-susceptibility in Escherichia coli
• Vancomycin non-susceptibility in Enterococcus faecium

This report describes the development of a model to monitor the national prevalence of CDI in Australian health service organisations.