TABLE 1.

Summary of sample collection and C. difficile recovery

Phase	Site type	No. of specimens or strains receiveda						C. difficile recovery
		NSW	QLD	SA	VIC	WA	Total	n	%
1	Private	19	21	13	15	8	76	66	86.8
	Public	31	5	21	22	20	99	87	87.9
	Total	50	26	34	37	28	175	153	87.4
2	Private	15	10	14	15	14	68	67	98.5
	Public	15	6	15	15	15	66	62	93.9
	Total	30	16	29	30	29	134	129	96.3
3	Private	20	24	8	17	13	82	71	86.6
	Public	23	4	17	22	17	83	78	94.0
	Total	43	28	25	39	30	165	149	90.3
4	Private	15	15	8	12	15	65	61	93.8
	Public	15	21	15	15	15	81	76	93.8
	Total	30	36	23	27	30	146	137	93.8
5	Private	19	15	15	17	10	76	66	86.8
	Public	15	15	16	19	20	85	79	92.9
	Total	34	30	31	36	30	161	145	90.1
6	Private	19	26	10	20	5	80	75	93.8
	Public	20	23	12	19	25	99	90	90.9
	Total	39	49	22	39	30	179	165	92.2
7	Private	20	23	15	20	1	79	76	96.2
	Public	20	22	15	19	20	96	94	97.9
	Total	40	45	30	39	21	175	170	97.1
8	Private	19	26	12	23	4	84	74	88.1
	Public	18	24	23	16	22	103	97	94.2
	Total	37	50	35	39	26	187	171	91.4
9	Private	16	20	15	27	4	82	71	86.6
	Public	20	16		19	15	70	59	84.3
	Total	36	36	15	46	19	152	130	85.5
10	Private	25	26	13	15	7	86	74	86.0
	Public	22	23	27	19	24	115	100	87.0
	Total	47	49	40	34	31	201	174	86.6
Total		386	365	284	366	274	1,675	1,523	90.9

^aNSW, New South Wales; QLD, Queensland; SA, South Australia; VIC, Victoria; WA, Western Australia.