(methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus)

MRSA Bacteraemia Infection Rates Reporting
Hospitals will post their rates and case counts of new MRSA bacteraemia acquired in their facility on their website every three months (quarterly), and
will also report their data to the Ministry of Health through an online portal captured by a central database.

What is bacteraemia?
Bacteraemia is the presence of bacteria in the blood stream and is referred to as a bloodstream infection.

What is Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus?
Staphylococcus aureus is a bacteria that can live on the skin and mucous membranes of healthy people. Occasionally, S. aureus can cause an infection.
When S. aureus develops a resistance to certain antibiotics, it is called methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA.

How is the rate calculated?

Formulae: (# of cases    # of patient days)    1000 = MRSA Bacteraemia Rate

The “patient days” represents the sum of the number of days during which services were provided to all inpatients during the given period. This rate represents the incidence rate of hospital-acquired MRSA Bacteraemia associated with the reporting facility per 1000 patient days.

What is the rate at AHI?

What is the rate at TDMH?