Patient episode of Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Object Class
METeOR identifier:	388755
Registration status:	Health, Standard 15/11/2012
Definition:	A positive blood culture for Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia (SAB) that arises from an episode of admitted patient care in an Australian hospital and meets the case definition for healthcare associated SAB.
Specialisation of:	Service episode
Source and reference attributes
Submitting organisation:	Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (ACSQHC)
Origin:	ACSQHC Healthcare Associated Infection Technical Working Group
Relational attributes
Data Element Concepts implementing this Object Class:	Patient episode of Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia—most probable healthcare associated Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia clinical criteria Health, Standard 15/11/2012 Patient episode of Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia—Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia status Health, Standard 15/11/2012 Patient episode of Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia—Staphylococcus aureus methicillin susceptibility indicator Health, Standard 15/11/2012