Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolate

Object Class Attributes

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Object Class
METEOR identifier:	379076
Registration status:	Health, Superseded 09/12/2022
Definition:	The methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strain of Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia (SAB) that has been isolated.
Specialisation of:	Service/care event

Collection and usage attributes
Guide for use:	The MRSA isolate object class is to be used to describe whether the Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia infection is resistant to various antibiotics.

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
Related metadata references:	Has been superseded by Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolate Health, Standard 09/12/2022
Data Element Concepts implementing this Object Class:	Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolate—antibiotic susceptibility Health, Superseded 09/12/2022 Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolate—antibiotic susceptibility indicator Health, Superseded 09/12/2022