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Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care Annual Report 2019-20

Highlights

Detailed reports were published for each of the AURA Surveillance System programs: the Australian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance, the Hospital NAPS, the Aged Care NAPS, NAUSP and CARAlert
The Priority Antibacterial List for Antimicrobial Resistance Containment was published. This is an antimicrobial stewardship tool to assess use of antibacterials that are recommended as first-line treatments for common prescribing indications and/or agents, where the potential to promote AMR is considered to be low.

https://www.transparency.gov.au/annual-reports/australian-commission-safety-and-quality-health-care/reporting-year/2019-20-44