Aura 2016 Supplementary data

Table S3.4a Key indicators for appropriateness of antimicrobial prescribing in hospitals, by jurisdiction, 2014

Jurisdiction	Number of hospitals	Number of prescriptions	Indication documented (%)	Surgical prophylaxis >24 hours (%)^a	Compliant with guidelines (%)	Noncompliant with guidelines (%)	Directed therapy (%)	Compliance with guidelines not available (%)	Not assessable for compliance with guidelines (%)	Appropriate (%)	Inappropriate (%)	Not assessable for appropriateness (%)
ACT	2	185	57.3	54.2^b	57.8	31.4	7.0	2.7	1.1	66.5	33.0	0.5
NSW	79	6 609	76.3	49.9	52.5	26.7	11.3	5.1	4.5	70.2	25.5	4.3
NT	2	287	92.3	60b	54.6	21.6	19.2	3.1	1.7	78.4	20.6	1.1
Qld	36	2 363	75.6	39.8	58.8	23.5	9.6	2.2	5.9	73.6	21.6	4.8
SA	15	1 733	76.2	20.8	63.3	24.4	6.6	2.7	3.1	71.2	25.3	3.6
Vic	80	6 250	73.6	33.2	56.9	22.7	10.7	4.9	4.8	74.1	19.9	6.1
WA	34	2 517	65.2	31.1	56.9	22.1	10.4	6.5	4.3	72.5	23.2	4.3

ACT = Australian Capital Territory; NSW = New South Wales; NT = Northern Territory; Qld = Queensland; SA = South Australia; Vic = Victoria; WA = Western Australia

a Where surgical prophylaxis was selected as the indication (2785 prescriptions)

b Low numbers of surgical prophylaxis prescriptions (<30)

Note: No Tasmanian facilities participated in the National Antimicrobial Prescribing Survey in 2014.

Source: NAPS, 2014

Table S3.4b Key indicators for appropriateness of antimicrobial prescribing in hospitals, by peer group, 2014

Peer group (public hospitals only)	Number of hospitals	Number of prescriptions	Indication documented (%)	Surgical prophylaxis >24 hours (%)^a	Compliant with guidelines (%)	Noncompliant with guidelines (%)	Directed therapy (%)	Compliance with guidelines not available (%)	Not assessable for compliance with guidelines (%)	Appropriate (%)	Inappropriate (%)	Not assessable for appropriateness (%)
A	69	10 955	75.9	45.8	55.2	21.8	13.3	5.7	4.0	74.4	21.7	3.9
B	29	2 087	78.4	39.9	54.8	29.3	8.6	4.1	3.3	71.9	24.2	3.9
C	39	2 133	79.4	17.0	56.4	28.5	6.5	2.3	6.3	73.0	21.1	6.0
D	42	1 650	77.6	22.0	62.7	25.0	5.5	2.6	4.4	69.6	26.2	4.2
E	10	144	86.8	na	52.8	28.5	4.2	4.9	9.7	68.8	21.5	9.7
F	1	11	54.5	100^b	36.4^b	45.5^b	18.2^b	0	0	63.6^b	36.4^b	0
G	7	129	75.2	na	63.6	10.9	8.5	10.9	6.2	69.8	14.7	15.5

na = not applicable

a Where surgical prophylaxis was selected as the indication (2785 prescriptions)

b Low numbers of surgical prophylaxis prescriptions (<30)

Note: No Tasmanian facilities participated in the National Antimicrobial Prescribing Survey in 2014.

Source: NAPS, 2014