Table 1 Annual burden of five healthcare associated infections (HAIs), estimated from Australian point prevalence survey data from 2018

SSI

44,238

(31,176–63,797)

876

(617–1263)

13,197

(9298–19,001)

12,982

(9149–18,722)

214

(145–317)

UTI

42,408

(25,200–68,735)

729

(259–1772)

16,087

(5939–37,218)

10,983

(3899–26,704)

4879

(1745–11,659)

CDI

5125

(2360–10,740)

262

(13–836)

2757

(241–8655)

2,635

(128–8403)

127

(21–384)

HAP

51,499

(31,343–82,877)

1904

(462–4430)

39,276

(17,608–77,915)

23,245

(5644–54,078)

15,684

(8038–28,817)

BSI

23,979

(15,658–36,245)

3512

(1874–6075)

46,773

(26,205–79,104)

39,665

(21,159–68,610)

6,964

(3660–12,446)

All

170,574

(135,779–213,898)

7583

(4941–11,135)

122,376

(85,136–172,784)

93,322

(61,443–135,722)

28,669

(18,571–43,924)