Table 3. High priority data metrics where current surveillance systems partially meet the needs.

Organism	Setting	Priority data metric	Current surveillance system	Feasibility
Enterococcus: (Bloodstream infections) - VRE identified as most important)	Health care	Susceptibility of infection isolate	Partially meets needs	High
Enterobacteriaceae species: Escherichiae coli and Klebsiella (Bloodstream infections)	Health care	Infection rate and susceptibility of infection isolate	Partially meets needs	Medium
Staphylococcus aureus (Bloodstream infections)	Health care	Infection rate	Partially meets needs	Medium
S. aureus (Bloodstream infections) (MRSA identified as most important)	Health care	Susceptibility of infection isolate	Partially meets needs	Medium
S. aureus (Other infection sites including bloodstream infections and colonization sites) (MRSA identified as most important)	Community	Susceptibility of infection isolate	Partially meets needs	Medium
Streptococcus pneumoniae (Invasive disease)	Health care and community	Susceptibility of infection isolate	Partially meets needs	Medium
Neisseria gonorrhoeae	Community	Susceptibility of infection isolate	Partially meets needs	Low

Abbreviations: VRE, Vancomycin-resistant Enterococci; MRSA, methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus