The guide was developed to support standardised national surveillance and reporting of healthcare-associated Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection (HA-SABSI) by Australian hospitals. It supersedes the Commission's 2016 Implementation Guide for Surveillance of Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia. 

The National Medication Management Plan (NMMP) has been developed with the support of the Health Services Medication Expert Advisory Group incorporating a number of elements originally devised by WA Health. Commercial print files are available as a ZIP file and PDF.