Search

METEOR’s search works in a similar way to other search engines. You can use keywords or terms to pull up related content. The below tips are specific to METEOR and will help you to find what you need.

Try searching using either a keyword, specific term or METEOR ID number.

METEOR ID search

If you’re a returning user and know an item’s METEOR ID, you can enter it in the search box. Clicking the search icon will take you straight to the item’s page.

Autocomplete

METEOR will automatically display suggestions for search terms as you’re typing. This predictive text will show you METEOR entries that exist for the topic you’re searching on. You don’t have to use any of these suggestions, but they may make your searching process faster and easier.

Pressing ‘tab’ will select the top suggestion. Otherwise, selecting from the list of suggestions will put the suggested search term into the search box. You can then click the search icon to find related content. Clicking anywhere on the search results will take you to the item’s page.

Spelling correction

METEOR will show search results with spelling correction. Misspelled terms can still be selected for search where relevant.

Dropdown options

The drop-down menus directly below the search text box allow you to limit the search results to any of the 18 content types in METEOR (see Learn about metadata to view the list), by item creation dates, and item revision dates.

Content types

Content types allow you to limit your search to various metadata building blocks and other topic or help content found in METEOR. See Learn about metadata to view a list of metadata item types that you can search in METEOR. Searching on Topic pages will give results from METEOR’s ‘non-metadata’ pages which explain metadata, how it is managed, how to use METEOR, and how to develop metadata.

Searching on Help will give results from all the pop-up information boxes that are linked to each metadata item. The Help search looks through all text from the METEOR Business Rules, which is accessed through the small ‘i’ icon used throughout the site.

Created date and Revision date

The Created and Revision date dropdown options limit your search to when an item was created or last revised. METEOR will search any time by default, or you can select or specify a custom period.

Custom search syntax

METEOR uses Lucene search syntax. This functionality can be useful to fine-tune your search results even more. Some of the commands include:

  1. Restrict search to the titles of items by using Name: Searchterm. Note that it has to be written exactly as Name, with the capital N. Using name will not work. It doesn’t matter if there’s a space around the colon or not.
  2. Force a second term to be included by using AND.
  3. Widen your search to include another option using the term OR.

For example, if you’re looking for something with the word ‘baby’ in the title you would use Name: baby. METEOR will also give you results for the plural of the search term, so if you search on ‘baby’ you will also get results for ‘babies’. If looking for something with two terms (‘baby’ and ‘admission’) you would use Name: baby AND admission.

Sort by

You can also display your search results with a range of options in the Sort by drop-down menu on the right. You can sort on Relevance, Most/Least Recently Created, Most/Least Recently Updated, and Alphabetically (A–Z and Z–A).

Clear

The Clear button resets the Search page.

Filtering search results

You can fine-tune your search results using the filters that appear in the left-hand menu after searching any term. These filters are dynamic and will only display options specific to your search term, for example, only registration authorities relating to your search term will be displayed. You can use multiple filters at once.

Some of the filters change depending on your role within METEOR. If you are using METEOR without an account, you can search on metadata item type, public registration statuses, METEOR ID, and registration authority. You are also able to compare two items.

If you are using METEOR without an account, you will not be able to save bookmarks for items you’re interested in. There are also some non-public registration statuses that you won’t be able to see.

If you wish to save bookmarks, you can sign up for a free METEOR account easily, just follow the Sign up now prompts after clicking on the Sign In button. If you have an account, you will also be able to subscribe to notifications about changes to specific items in METEOR.

If you are logged in to METEOR as a metadata developer, or any other official role, there are some additional search options. You will be able to restrict your search to the full range of registration status options, including non-public statuses. You will also be able to save bookmarks and subscribe to notifications about changes to items.

Each search result has a small ‘hamburger’ icon on the right . This gives you download links for the metadata item as a PDF or a Word document.


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Acute coronary syndrome (Acute coronary syndromes clinical care standard​)

628778 | Glossary Item | Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care
For the purposes of the Acute coronary syndromes clinical care standard (ACSQHC 2014), an acute coronary syndrome results from a sudden blockage of a blood vessel in the heart, typically by a blood clot (thrombosis) that reduces blood supply to a portion of heart muscle. Where the blockage is severe enough to lead to injury or death of the heart muscle, the event is called an acute myocardial infarction (or ‘heart attack’). Depending on the duration of the ischaemia and the extent of damage to t...
Standard: Health

Adenoma

697241 | Glossary Item | Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care
A benign (non-cancerous) growth which has specific characteristics that can be seen using pathology testing techniques (proliferation of neoplastic epithelial cells). Adenomas may be protuberant, flat or depressed. Some adenomas may change over time and develop into malignant growths (cancers).
Standard: Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care

Bacterial meningitis (Antimicrobial stewardship clinical care standard)

629062 | Glossary Item | Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care
For the purposes of the Antimicrobial stewardship clinical care standard (ACSQHC 2014), bacterial meningitis is defined as inflammation of the meninges by a bacterium (bacterial m.).
Standard: Health

Colonoscopist

697248 | Glossary Item | Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care
A clinician with the necessary qualifications and training who performs the colonoscopy. This may be a physician, surgeon, general practitioner or nurse. In a health service organisation, this person will be credentialed to perform colonoscopy within their scope of practice and have demonstrated suitability to do so in accordance with local requirements and with reference to the requirements of the relevant national professional body.
Standard: Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care

Colonoscopy

697166 | Glossary Item | Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care
An examination of the entire large bowel using a camera on a flexible tube, which is passed through the anus (CCA 2017).
Standard: Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care

Deep vein thrombosis

697219 | Glossary Item | Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care
Blockage in the deep veins of the legs, thighs, or pelvis, caused by the clotting of blood.
Standard: Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care

Delirium (Delirium clinical care standard)

628579 | Glossary Item | Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care
For the purposes of the Delirium clinical care standard (ACSQHC 2015), delirium is defined as an acute change in mental status that is common among older patients in hospital (Clinical Epidemiology and Health Service Evaluation Unit 2006). It is characterised by a disturbance of consciousness, attention, cognition and perception that develops over a short period of time (usually hours to a few days) (National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence 2010; Inouye 2014). Patients with delirium...
Standard: Health

Heavy menstrual bleeding

667292 | Glossary Item | Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care
Heavy menstrual bleeding is excessive menstrual blood loss which interferes with a person's physical, emotional, social and material quality of life, and which can occur alone or in combination with other symptoms (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence 2016).
Standard: Health, Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care

Hip fracture (Hip fracture care clinical care standard)

629165 | Glossary Item | Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care
For the purposes of the Hip fracture care clinical care standard (ACSQHC 2015a), hip fracture is a break occurring at the top of the thigh bone (femur), near the pelvis.
Standard: Health

Inflammatory bowel disease

697238 | Glossary Item | Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care
A group of inflammatory conditions of the colon and small intestine, including Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis (NICE 2011).
Standard: Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care

Non-ST-segment-elevation acute coronary syndrome (NSTEACS) (Acute coronary syndromes clinical care standard)

629404 | Glossary Item | Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care
For the purposes of the Acute coronary syndromes clinical care standard (ACSQHC 2014), a non-ST-segment-elevation acute coronary syndrome (NSTEACS) is when a myocardial infarction is either short-lived or affects only a small territory of the heart muscle (myocardium). An electrocardiogram (ECG) will often show either no abnormality or subtle changes. It is also known as a non-ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI). Unstable angina is also included in the scope of NSTEACS.
Standard: Health

Osteoarthritis

644538 | Glossary Item | Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care
A clinical syndrome of joint pain accompanied by varying degrees of functional limitation and reduced quality of life. Pain, reduced function and effects on a person’s ability to carry out their day-to-day activities can be important consequences. Osteoarthritis is characterised pathologically by localised loss of articular cartilage (cartilage lining the articular ends of the bones), as well as changes to bone and other joint structures and associated inflammation.
Standard: Health

Pulmonary embolism

697221 | Glossary Item | Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care
A blood clot that breaks off from the deep veins and travels round the circulation to block the arteries in the lung (pulmonary arteries). Most deaths arising from deep vein thrombosis are caused by pulmonary embolism (NICE 2015).
Standard: Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care

Severe sepsis (Antimicrobial stewardship clinical care standard)

629064 | Glossary Item | Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care
For the purposes of the Antimicrobial stewardship clinical care standard (ACSQHC 2014), severe sepsis is the systematic response to an infection manifested by organ dysfunction, hypoperfusion or hypotension combined with one or more of the following: fever, tachypnoea, elevated white cell count (Antibiotic Expert Groups 2014).
Standard: Health

ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) (Acute coronary syndromes clinical care standard)

629401 | Glossary Item | Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care
For the purposes of the Acute coronary syndromes clinical care standard (ACSQHC 2014), an ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) is one type of acute coronary syndrome. It is when a myocardial infarction is prolonged, leading to more severe and sustained chest pain. An electrocardiogram (ECG) will usually show ST-segment-elevation.
Standard: Health

Venous thromboembolism

697217 | Glossary Item | Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care
The blocking of a blood vessel by a clot that has broken away from its site of origin. It includes both deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism (NICE 2015).
Standard: Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care

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