Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)

Hospital Authority Wide (for general acute hospitals with 24-hour Accident and Emergency services)

Year	Blood culture			All clinical specimens (including blood culture)
Year	MRSA	All S. aureus	% MRSA	MRSA	All S. aureus	% MRSA
2008	639	1,470	43.5	6,981	18,863	37.0
2009	623	1,448	43.0	6,549	18,186	36.0
2010	586	1,345	43.6	6,979	18,607	37.5
2011	572	1,294	44.2	7,463	19,369	38.5
2012	579	1,335	43.4	8,164	20,578	39.7
2013	631	1,357	46.5	8,879	21,171	41.9
2014	623	1,373	45.4	9,185	21,940	41.9
2015	644	1,458	44.2	9,548	22,561	42.3
2016	777	1,598	48.6	9,775	24,107	40.5
2017	732	1,644	44.5	10,501	26,100	40.2
2018	826	1,750	47.2	11,131	26,635	41.8
2019	776	1,695	45.8	11,035	26,799	41.2
2020	757	1,682	45.0	9,932	24,023	41.3
2021	837	1,751	47.8	10,365	25,420	40.8
2022	827	1,842	44.9	10,582	24,112	43.9
2023	798	1,783	44.8	10,770	26,336	40.9

Footnotes:
- Isolates were de-duplicated using the "first isolate per patient per calendar year" method.
- Screening specimens are not included.

Hospital Authority - Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital

Year	Blood culture			All clinical specimens (including blood culture)
Year	MRSA	All S. aureus	% MRSA	MRSA	All S. aureus	% MRSA
2008	18	43	41.9	235	648	36.3
2009	17	39	43.6	226	659	34.3
2010	19	38	50.0	209	612	34.2
2011	11	23	47.8	228	637	35.8
2012	9	22	40.9	295	783	37.7
2013	25	51	49.0	345	841	41.0
2014	15	37	40.5	356	865	41.2
2015	22	50	44.0	346	950	36.4
2016	19	42	45.2	412	1,046	39.4
2017	22	48	45.8	467	1,098	42.5
2018	32	57	56.1	504	1,180	42.7
2019	26	54	48.1	485	1,240	39.1
2020	28	52	53.8	481	1,120	42.9
2021	29	55	52.7	455	1,135	40.1
2022	36	66	54.5	452	1,051	43.0
2023	28	64	43.8	447	1,091	41.0

Footnotes:
- Isolates were de-duplicated using the "first isolate per patient per calendar year" method.
- Screening specimens are not included.

Hospital Authority - Caritas Medical Centre

Year	Blood culture			All clinical specimens (including blood culture)
Year	MRSA	All S. aureus	% MRSA	MRSA	All S. aureus	% MRSA
2008	53	107	49.5	469	957	49.0
2009	41	96	42.7	411	826	49.8
2010	41	97	42.3	514	935	55.0
2011	34	77	44.2	565	1,046	54.0
2012	38	87	43.7	627	1,103	56.8
2013	34	69	49.3	652	1,124	58.0
2014	39	95	41.1	685	1,282	53.4
2015	50	102	49.0	703	1,317	53.4
2016	62	126	49.2	617	1,267	48.7
2017	55	122	45.1	652	1,356	48.1
2018	59	115	51.3	755	1,396	54.1
2019	45	99	45.5	652	1,343	48.5
2020	40	104	38.5	593	1,188	49.9
2021	60	113	53.1	620	1,364	45.5
2022	54	115	47.0	680	1,258	54.1
2023	54	125	43.2	700	1,409	49.7

Footnotes:
- Isolates were de-duplicated using the "first isolate per patient per calendar year" method.
- Screening specimens are not included.

Hospital Authority - Kwong Wah Hospital

Year	Blood culture			All clinical specimens (including blood culture)
Year	MRSA	All S. aureus	% MRSA	MRSA	All S. aureus	% MRSA
2008	54	123	43.9	415	1,223	33.9
2009	30	80	37.5	335	1,103	30.4
2010	28	89	31.5	330	1,156	28.5
2011	25	68	36.8	368	1,133	32.5
2012	34	86	39.5	466	1,260	37.0
2013	36	84	42.9	557	1,413	39.4
2014	33	88	37.5	569	1,456	39.1
2015	45	99	45.5	593	1,455	40.8
2016	41	91	45.1	614	1,506	40.8
2017	50	105	47.6	613	1,571	39.0
2018	54	123	43.9	655	1,566	41.8
2019	51	108	47.2	754	1,765	42.7
2020	56	121	46.3	687	1,596	43.0
2021	62	128	48.4	704	1,692	41.6
2022	62	127	48.8	691	1,594	43.4
2023	61	118	51.7	749	1,810	41.4

Footnotes:
- Isolates were de-duplicated using the "first isolate per patient per calendar year" method.
- Screening specimens are not included.

Hospital Authority - North District Hospital

Year	Blood culture			All clinical specimens (including blood culture)
Year	MRSA	All S. aureus	% MRSA	MRSA	All S. aureus	% MRSA
2008	31	58	53.4	240	650	36.9
2009	28	58	48.3	233	697	33.4
2010	16	50	32.0	233	608	38.3
2011	33	64	51.6	266	626	42.5
2012	25	52	48.1	337	700	48.1
2013	39	82	47.6	367	779	47.1
2014	26	58	44.8	353	781	45.2
2015	30	60	50.0	348	775	44.9
2016	35	74	47.3	347	842	41.2
2017	23	63	36.5	328	801	40.9
2018	41	87	47.1	375	896	41.9
2019	34	81	42.0	334	846	39.5
2020	24	50	48.0	298	773	38.6
2021	21	41	51.2	350	816	42.9
2022	23	60	38.3	364	826	44.1
2023	22	66	33.3	396	967	41.0

Footnotes:
- Isolates were de-duplicated using the "first isolate per patient per calendar year" method.
- Screening specimens are not included.

Hospital Authority - North Lantau Hospital

Year	Blood culture			All clinical specimens (including blood culture)
Year	MRSA	All S. aureus	% MRSA	MRSA	All S. aureus	% MRSA
2008	0	0	-	0	0	-
2009	0	0	-	0	0	-
2010	0	0	-	0	0	-
2011	0	0	-	0	0	-
2012	0	0	-	0	0	-
2013	0	0	-	0	6	0.0
2014	0	0	-	6	35	17.1
2015	1	4	25.0	44	97	45.4
2016	5	7	71.4	40	133	30.1
2017	2	6	33.3	45	155	29.0
2018	4	10	40.0	50	167	29.9
2019	2	4	50.0	44	125	35.2
2020	6	7	85.7	79	156	50.6
2021	6	10	60.0	104	195	53.3
2022	11	18	61.1	152	264	57.6
2023	5	10	50.0	123	218	56.4

Footnotes:
- Isolates were de-duplicated using the "first isolate per patient per calendar year" method.
- Screening specimens are not included.

Hospital Authority - Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital

Year	Blood culture			All clinical specimens (including blood culture)
Year	MRSA	All S. aureus	% MRSA	MRSA	All S. aureus	% MRSA
2008	62	137	45.3	538	1,545	34.8
2009	50	125	40.0	494	1,378	35.8
2010	50	110	45.5	505	1,424	35.5
2011	62	122	50.8	468	1,284	36.4
2012	60	125	48.0	486	1,305	37.2
2013	62	126	49.2	575	1,409	40.8
2014	74	134	55.2	635	1,554	40.9
2015	50	106	47.2	655	1,431	45.8
2016	61	125	48.8	664	1,560	42.6
2017	47	99	47.5	739	1,695	43.6
2018	59	132	44.7	743	1,699	43.7
2019	44	130	33.8	749	1,724	43.4
2020	55	134	41.0	737	1,690	43.6
2021	75	143	52.4	905	1,949	46.4
2022	64	160	40.0	835	1,842	45.3
2023	75	143	52.4	775	1,895	40.9

Footnotes:
- Isolates were de-duplicated using the "first isolate per patient per calendar year" method.
- Screening specimens are not included.

Hospital Authority - Pok Oi Hospital

Year	Blood culture			All clinical specimens (including blood culture)
Year	MRSA	All S. aureus	% MRSA	MRSA	All S. aureus	% MRSA
2008	9	15	60.0	116	293	39.6
2009	9	23	39.1	157	301	52.2
2010	24	47	51.1	227	443	51.2
2011	30	44	68.2	223	433	51.5
2012	29	52	55.8	207	399	51.9
2013	32	49	65.3	277	498	55.6
2014	27	41	65.9	260	462	56.3
2015	31	48	64.6	330	525	62.9
2016	41	65	63.1	452	750	60.3
2017	34	57	59.6	477	848	56.3
2018	41	71	57.7	484	834	58.0
2019	52	71	73.2	556	939	59.2
2020	48	85	56.5	496	862	57.5
2021	47	72	65.3	452	816	55.4
2022	47	86	54.7	446	785	56.8
2023	44	75	58.7	441	804	54.9

Footnotes:
- Isolates were de-duplicated using the "first isolate per patient per calendar year" method.
- Screening specimens are not included.

Hospital Authority - Prince of Wales Hospital

Year	Blood culture			All clinical specimens (including blood culture)
Year	MRSA	All S. aureus	% MRSA	MRSA	All S. aureus	% MRSA
2008	31	96	32.3	417	1,600	26.1
2009	33	104	31.7	378	1,533	24.7
2010	23	79	29.1	367	1,442	25.5
2011	38	93	40.9	422	1,585	26.6
2012	46	125	36.8	527	1,834	28.7
2013	48	124	38.7	557	1,783	31.2
2014	39	116	33.6	529	1,814	29.2
2015	43	129	33.3	558	1,819	30.7
2016	49	139	35.3	522	1,889	27.6
2017	57	160	35.6	591	2,067	28.6
2018	51	171	29.8	593	2,235	26.5
2019	51	157	32.5	673	2,230	30.2
2020	54	149	36.2	626	2,142	29.2
2021	50	147	34.0	687	2,199	31.2
2022	61	185	33.0	752	2,310	32.6
2023	51	161	31.7	710	2,287	31.0

Footnotes:
- Isolates were de-duplicated using the "first isolate per patient per calendar year" method.
- Screening specimens are not included.

Hospital Authority - Princess Margaret Hospital

Year	Blood culture			All clinical specimens (including blood culture)
Year	MRSA	All S. aureus	% MRSA	MRSA	All S. aureus	% MRSA
2008	34	92	37.0	576	1,389	41.5
2009	38	92	41.3	576	1,421	40.5
2010	41	91	45.1	730	1,640	44.5
2011	39	93	41.9	836	1,776	47.1
2012	32	91	35.2	923	1,882	49.0
2013	46	90	51.1	966	1,925	50.2
2014	34	94	36.2	1,105	2,184	50.6
2015	53	130	40.8	1,126	2,181	51.6
2016	69	139	49.6	1,077	2,204	48.9
2017	86	163	52.8	1,167	2,410	48.4
2018	88	174	50.6	1,258	2,452	51.3
2019	70	161	43.5	1,060	2,278	46.5
2020	77	147	52.4	1,000	2,076	48.2
2021	76	155	49.0	1,053	2,355	44.7
2022	75	157	47.8	980	2,126	46.1
2023	63	147	42.9	1,020	2,356	43.3

Footnotes:
- Isolates were de-duplicated using the "first isolate per patient per calendar year" method.
- Screening specimens are not included.

Hospital Authority - Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Year	Blood culture			All clinical specimens (including blood culture)
Year	MRSA	All S. aureus	% MRSA	MRSA	All S. aureus	% MRSA
2008	108	198	54.5	1,310	3,011	43.5
2009	103	208	49.5	1,298	2,833	45.8
2010	87	177	49.2	1,226	2,855	42.9
2011	78	148	52.7	1,296	2,979	43.5
2012	61	148	41.2	1,210	2,734	44.3
2013	47	105	44.8	1,207	2,692	44.8
2014	59	132	44.7	1,266	2,772	45.7
2015	56	132	42.4	1,192	2,737	43.6
2016	89	164	54.3	1,173	2,715	43.2
2017	82	205	40.0	1,285	2,970	43.3
2018	88	176	50.0	1,353	3,013	44.9
2019	77	185	41.6	1,345	3,015	44.6
2020	96	205	46.8	1,323	2,804	47.2
2021	98	201	48.8	1,349	2,916	46.3
2022	78	162	48.1	1,498	2,799	53.5
2023	86	176	48.9	1,394	2,813	49.6

Footnotes:
- Isolates were de-duplicated using the "first isolate per patient per calendar year" method.
- Screening specimens are not included.

Hospital Authority - Queen Mary Hospital

Year	Blood culture			All clinical specimens (including blood culture)
Year	MRSA	All S. aureus	% MRSA	MRSA	All S. aureus	% MRSA
2008	44	136	32.4	542	1,933	28.0
2009	52	153	34.0	517	1,923	26.9
2010	46	126	36.5	565	1,901	29.7
2011	38	112	33.9	575	1,902	30.2
2012	36	106	34.0	644	2,243	28.7
2013	52	145	35.9	685	2,184	31.4
2014	55	134	41.0	617	2,083	29.6
2015	33	95	34.7	647	2,124	30.5
2016	43	122	35.2	657	2,153	30.5
2017	55	154	35.7	741	2,406	30.8
2018	60	147	40.8	710	2,239	31.7
2019	57	133	42.9	757	2,407	31.4
2020	39	126	31.0	708	2,250	31.5
2021	67	144	46.5	681	2,187	31.1
2022	50	137	36.5	718	2,013	35.7
2023	37	124	29.8	667	2,066	32.3

Footnotes:
- Isolates were de-duplicated using the "first isolate per patient per calendar year" method.
- Screening specimens are not included.

Hospital Authority - Ruttonjee Hospital

Year	Blood culture			All clinical specimens (including blood culture)
Year	MRSA	All S. aureus	% MRSA	MRSA	All S. aureus	% MRSA
2008	29	62	46.8	409	747	54.8
2009	44	71	62.0	367	706	52.0
2010	43	65	66.2	338	637	53.1
2011	18	34	52.9	319	622	51.3
2012	24	42	57.1	340	680	50.0
2013	26	52	50.0	328	637	51.5
2014	20	46	43.5	373	674	55.3
2015	21	47	44.7	419	709	59.1
2016	24	46	52.2	373	673	55.4
2017	31	47	66.0	412	716	57.5
2018	30	53	56.6	448	708	63.3
2019	28	47	59.6	375	650	57.7
2020	24	43	55.8	312	542	57.6
2021	24	46	52.2	283	542	52.5
2022	28	50	56.0	286	509	56.2
2023	24	52	46.2	325	602	54.0

Footnotes:
- Isolates were de-duplicated using the "first isolate per patient per calendar year" method.
- Screening specimens are not included.

Hospital Authority - Tin Shui Wai Hospital

Year	Blood culture			All clinical specimens (including blood culture)
Year	MRSA	All S. aureus	% MRSA	MRSA	All S. aureus	% MRSA
2008	0	0	-	0	0	-
2009	0	0	-	0	0	-
2010	0	0	-	0	0	-
2011	0	0	-	0	0	-
2012	0	0	-	0	0	-
2013	0	0	-	0	0	-
2014	0	0	-	0	0	-
2015	0	0	-	0	0	-
2016	0	0	-	0	0	-
2017	0	0	-	9	38	23.7
2018	1	2	50.0	13	75	17.3
2019	2	7	28.6	49	189	25.9
2020	13	18	72.2	92	213	43.2
2021	13	28	46.4	120	260	46.2
2022	14	25	56.0	116	229	50.7
2023	14	30	46.7	131	287	45.6

Footnotes:
- Isolates were de-duplicated using the "first isolate per patient per calendar year" method.
- Screening specimens are not included.

Hospital Authority - Tseung Kwan O Hospital

Year	Blood culture			All clinical specimens (including blood culture)
Year	MRSA	All S. aureus	% MRSA	MRSA	All S. aureus	% MRSA
2008	12	38	31.6	206	631	32.6
2009	9	29	31.0	161	642	25.1
2010	6	23	26.1	181	709	25.5
2011	17	44	38.6	180	674	26.7
2012	18	34	52.9	258	828	31.2
2013	13	32	40.6	312	915	34.1
2014	19	52	36.5	345	969	35.6
2015	20	58	34.5	406	1,249	32.5
2016	27	59	45.8	484	1,406	34.4
2017	27	55	49.1	476	1,478	32.2
2018	15	51	29.4	515	1,645	31.3
2019	26	52	50.0	526	1,576	33.4
2020	18	47	38.3	438	1,449	30.2
2021	20	50	40.0	402	1,403	28.7
2022	27	75	36.0	427	1,460	29.2
2023	25	71	35.2	526	2,089	25.2

Footnotes:
- Isolates were de-duplicated using the "first isolate per patient per calendar year" method.
- Screening specimens are not included.

Hospital Authority - Tuen Mun Hospital

Year	Blood culture			All clinical specimens (including blood culture)
Year	MRSA	All S. aureus	% MRSA	MRSA	All S. aureus	% MRSA
2008	91	184	49.5	858	2,386	36.0
2009	105	203	51.7	869	2,389	36.4
2010	78	152	51.3	791	2,265	34.9
2011	77	172	44.8	834	2,483	33.6
2012	91	174	52.3	905	2,528	35.8
2013	99	182	54.4	1,117	2,774	40.3
2014	91	167	54.5	1,169	2,721	43.0
2015	92	182	50.5	1,198	2,717	44.1
2016	102	181	56.4	1,200	2,828	42.4
2017	80	179	44.7	1,206	2,918	41.3
2018	99	182	54.4	1,202	2,813	42.7
2019	105	190	55.3	1,359	3,027	44.9
2020	93	184	50.5	1,098	2,657	41.3
2021	100	211	47.4	1,177	2,769	42.5
2022	88	171	51.5	1,113	2,514	44.3
2023	103	191	53.9	1,193	2,780	42.9

Footnotes:
- Isolates were de-duplicated using the "first isolate per patient per calendar year" method.
- Screening specimens are not included.

Hospital Authority - United Christian Hospital

Year	Blood culture			All clinical specimens (including blood culture)
Year	MRSA	All S. aureus	% MRSA	MRSA	All S. aureus	% MRSA
2008	38	139	27.3	491	1,472	33.4
2009	39	122	32.0	421	1,440	29.2
2010	49	141	34.8	523	1,503	34.8
2011	52	156	33.3	649	1,757	36.9
2012	53	157	33.8	699	1,888	37.0
2013	62	148	41.9	728	1,811	40.2
2014	64	139	46.0	677	1,784	37.9
2015	60	159	37.7	721	1,988	36.3
2016	63	154	40.9	959	2,624	36.5
2017	54	129	41.9	1,074	3,019	35.6
2018	66	148	44.6	1,144	3,052	37.5
2019	84	173	48.6	1,140	2,844	40.1
2020	58	155	37.4	845	2,133	39.8
2021	66	167	39.5	943	2,376	39.7
2022	80	196	40.8	961	2,186	44.0
2023	83	194	42.8	996	2,397	41.6

Footnotes:
- Isolates were de-duplicated using the "first isolate per patient per calendar year" method.
- Screening specimens are not included.

Hospital Authority - Yan Chai Hospital

Year	Blood culture			All clinical specimens (including blood culture)
Year	MRSA	All S. aureus	% MRSA	MRSA	All S. aureus	% MRSA
2008	36	71	50.7	312	768	40.6
2009	33	69	47.8	266	703	37.8
2010	44	76	57.9	393	852	46.1
2011	27	59	45.8	451	864	52.2
2012	31	61	50.8	456	899	50.7
2013	22	41	53.7	460	922	49.9
2014	41	70	58.6	518	1,025	50.5
2015	44	81	54.3	513	1,040	49.3
2016	58	97	59.8	489	1,117	43.8
2017	32	75	42.7	565	1,248	45.3
2018	49	88	55.7	676	1,375	49.2
2019	42	77	54.5	542	1,312	41.3
2020	36	81	44.4	475	1,066	44.6
2021	32	66	48.5	473	1,204	39.3
2022	48	90	53.3	472	1,082	43.6
2023	34	67	50.7	532	1,175	45.3

Footnotes:
- Isolates were de-duplicated using the "first isolate per patient per calendar year" method.
- Screening specimens are not included.

Private Hospital - Canossa Hospital

Year	Blood culture			All clinical specimens (including blood culture)
Year	MRSA	All S. aureus	% MRSA	MRSA	All S. aureus	% MRSA
2017	1	3	33.3	35	81	43.2
2018	0	2	0	50	124	40.3
2019	0	3	0	70	144	48.6
2020	0	0	-	58	60	96.7
2021	0	2	0	61	92	66.3
2022	1	1	100	21	92	22.8
2023	1	3	33	25	112	22.0

Footnotes:
- Isolates were de-duplicated using the "first isolate per patient per calendar year" method.
- Screening specimens are not included.

Private Hospital - CUHK Medical Centre

Year	Blood culture			All clinical specimens (including blood culture)
Year	MRSA	All S. aureus	% MRSA	MRSA	All S. aureus	% MRSA
2022	0	0	-	10	44	22.7
2023	0	7	0	23	230	10.0

Footnotes:
- Isolates were de-duplicated using the "first isolate per patient per calendar year" method.
- Screening specimens are not included.

Private Hospital - Evangel Hospital

Year	Blood culture			All clinical specimens (including blood culture)
Year	MRSA	All S. aureus	% MRSA	MRSA	All S. aureus	% MRSA
2021	0	5	0	5	55	9.1
2022	0	0	-	10	44	22.7
2023	1	1	100	9	52	17.3

Footnotes:
- Isolates were de-duplicated using the "first isolate per patient per calendar year" method.
- Screening specimens are not included.

Private Hospital - Gleneagles Hospital Hong Kong

Year	Blood culture			All clinical specimens (including blood culture)
Year	MRSA	All S. aureus	% MRSA	MRSA	All S. aureus	% MRSA
2017	0	0	-	11	53	20.8
2018	0	4	0	45	192	23.4
2019	0	5	0	64	281	22.8
2020	1	6	16.7	44	199	22.1
2021	1	2	50.0	51	256	19.9
2022	2	8	25.0	29	234	12.4
2023	0	4	0	41	304	13.5

Footnotes:
- Isolates were de-duplicated using the "first isolate per patient per calendar year" method.
- Screening specimens are not included.

Private Hospital - Hong Kong Adventist Hospital - Stubbs Road

Year	Blood culture			All clinical specimens (including blood culture)
Year	MRSA	All S. aureus	% MRSA	MRSA	All S. aureus	% MRSA
2017	0	3	0	42	333	12.6
2018	0	3	0	50	330	15.2
2019	0	3	0	53	300	17.7
2020	0	4	0	32	180	17.8
2021	0	1	0	17	108	15.7
2022	1	1	100	19	149	12.8
2023	1	2	50	21	129	16.3

Year	Blood culture			All clinical specimens (including blood culture)
Year	MRSA	All S. aureus	% MRSA	MRSA	All S. aureus	% MRSA
2022	1	2	50	45	328	13.7
2023	0	3	0	72	857	8.4

Footnotes:
- Isolates were de-duplicated using the "first isolate per patient per calendar year" method.
- Screening specimens are not included.

Private Hospital - Hong Kong Baptist Hospital

Year	Blood culture			All clinical specimens (including blood culture)
Year	MRSA	All S. aureus	% MRSA	MRSA	All S. aureus	% MRSA
2013	3	11	27.3	124	704	17.6
2014	0	11	0	124	661	18.8
2015	0	5	0	147	865	17.0
2016	3	7	42.9	142	960	14.8
2017	0	6	0	190	879	21.6
2018	1	12	8.3	117	565	20.7
2019	5	19	26.3	171	765	22.4
2020	2	10	20	74	451	16.4
2021	2	12	16.7	140	655	21.4
2022	1	9	11.1	97	500	19.4
2023	1	4	25.0	89	535	16.4

Footnotes:
- Isolates within the same disease episode (each admission or out-patient visit) in the calendar year are de-duplicated.
- All specimens (clinical and screening) are included.

Private Hospital - Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital

Year	Blood culture			All clinical specimens (including blood culture)
Year	MRSA	All S. aureus	% MRSA	MRSA	All S. aureus	% MRSA
2021	3	12	25	187	707	26.4
2022	2	13	15.4	133	579	23.0
2023	2	16	12.5	157	750	20.9

Year	Blood culture			All clinical specimens (including blood culture)
Year	MRSA	All S. aureus	% MRSA	MRSA	All S. aureus	% MRSA
2015	0	0	0	17	88	19
2016	0	1	0	21	81	26
2017	0	1	0	20	93	22
2018	0	3	0	8	67	12
2019	0	0	0	17	65	26
2020	0	0	0	9	62	15
2021	0	1	0	10	52	19
2022	0	0	0	9	46	20
2023	0	0	0	9	51	18

Footnotes:
- Isolates were de-duplicated using the "first isolate per patient per calendar year" method.
- Screening specimens are not included.

Private Hospital - Precious Blood Hospital

Year	Blood culture			All clinical specimens (including blood culture)
Year	MRSA	All S. aureus	% MRSA	MRSA	All S. aureus	% MRSA
2021	0	0	0	4	56	7.1
2022	0	0	0	10	45	22.2
2023	0	0	-	3	37	8.1

Footnotes:
- Isolates were de-duplicated using the "first isolate per patient per calendar year" method.
- Screening specimens are not included.

Private Hospital - St. Paul's Hospital

Year	Blood culture			All clinical specimens (including blood culture)
Year	MRSA	All S. aureus	% MRSA	MRSA	All S. aureus	% MRSA
2013	0	2	0	56	206	27.2
2014	0	3	0	72	272	26.5
2015	0	2	0	73	238	30.7
2016	0	2	0	89	332	26.8
2017	2	4	50.0	132	607	21.7
2018	2	9	22.2	84	622	13.5
2019	3	16	18.8	189	832	22.7
2020	4	14	28.6	120	457	26.6
2021	0	7	0	98	396	24.7
2022	0	10	0	42	288	14.6
2023	1	7	14.3	59	306	19.3

Footnotes:
- Isolates were de-duplicated using the "first isolate per patient per calendar year" method.
- Screening specimens are not included.

Private Hospital - St. Teresa's Hospital

Year	Blood culture			All clinical specimens (including blood culture)
Year	MRSA	All S. aureus	% MRSA	MRSA	All S. aureus	% MRSA
2011	0	4	0	142	1,243	11.4
2012	0	4	0	130	932	14.0
2013	1	5	20.0	107	1,057	10.1
2014	1	4	25.0	108	679	15.9
2015	1	5	20.0	102	615	16.6
2016	0	7	0	112	574	19.5
2017	0	2	0	140	798	17.5
2018	1	7	14.3	133	820	16.2
2019	3	14	21.4	159	860	18.5
2020	1	8	12.5	94	552	17.0
2021	3	10	30.0	101	556	18.2
2022	0	2	0	83	415	20
2023	1	10	10	110	538	20.45

Footnotes:
- Isolates were de-duplicated using the "first isolate per patient per calendar year" method.
- Screening specimens are not included.

Private Hospital - Union Hospital

Year	Blood culture			All clinical specimens (including blood culture)
Year	MRSA	All S. aureus	% MRSA	MRSA	All S. aureus	% MRSA
2013	0	5	0	59	333	17.7
2014	1	2	50	79	359	22.0
2015	2	11	18.2	86	373	23.1
2016	1	6	16.7	98	461	21.3
2017	0	3	0	83	384	21.6
2018	1	2	50	75	425	17.7
2019	0	7	0	83	848	9.8
2020	0	7	0	77	703	11.0
2021	2	20	10.0	58	431	13.5
2022	0	13	0	52	721	7.2
2023	0	5	0	58	373	15.55

Footnotes:
- Isolates within the same disease episode (each admission or out-patient visit) in the calendar year are de-duplicated.
- Screening specimens are not included.