Column graph demonstrates the regional location of vancomycin resistant E. faecium by survey years. Survey years include 1995, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009 and 2010. Tasmania did not contribute isolates in 2009 or 2010. Vancomycin resistant E. faecium have occurred in all five regions over the six survey periods with significant increases in the New South Wales/Australian Capital Territory, South Australia and Victoria/Tasmania regions