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Healthcare-associated infections NBEDS 2016–2021

Data Set Specification Attributes

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termData Set Specification
METEOR identifier:Help on this term577789
Registration status:Help on this term

Health, Superseded 10/06/2022

DSS type:Help on this termData Set Specification (DSS)
Scope:Help on this term

The purpose of the Healthcare-associated infections National best endeavours data set (HAI NBEDS) is to support national monitoring of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs), including Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia (SAB), in public hospitals.

HAIs are infections acquired as a direct or indirect result of health care.

HAIs are infections acquired in healthcare facilities ('nosocomial' infections) and infections that occur as a result of healthcare interventions ('iatrogenic' infections), and which may manifest after people leave the healthcare facility (NHMRC 2010).

The scope for this NBEDS is all public hospitals, including those hospitals defined as public psychiatric hospitals in the Public hospital establishments National minimum data set. All types of public hospitals are included, both those focusing on acute care, and those focusing on non-acute or subacute care, including psychiatric, rehabilitation and palliative care.

Collection and usage attributes

Statistical unit:Help on this term

Hospital establishment

Guide for use:Help on this term

 The following terminology is used in this NBEDS:

  • A case refers to a patient episode.
  • Surveillance arrangements refer to the particular arrangements in place in a hospital to identify potential HAIs, and to further determine whether a particular potential HAI is healthcare-associated. Surveillance arrangements are typically undertaken by infection control staff in collaboration with clinicians.
Collection methods:Help on this term

Data are collected at each hospital from patient administrative and HAI surveillance systems.

National reporting requirements

State and territory health authorities provide the data to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare for national collation, on an annual basis.

Periods for which data are collected and nationally collated

Financial years ending 30 June each year.

Implementation start date:Help on this term01/07/2016
Implementation end date:Help on this term30/06/2021
Comments:Help on this term

This NBEDS currently only covers the collection of healthcare-associated patient episodes of SAB.

Almost all patient episodes of SAB will be diagnosed when the patient is an admitted patient. However, the intention is that cases are reported whether they were associated with admitted patient care or non-admitted patient care in public hospitals.

The total number of healthcare-associated Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia patient episodes attributed to a hospital can be derived by adding the number of healthcare-associated Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteraemia patient episodes and the number of healthcare-associated Methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteraemia patient episodes.

Glossary items
 
Glossary terms that are relevant to this National best endeavours data set include:

Episode of healthcare-associated Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia

Geographic indicator

Hospital boarder

Newborn qualification status

Organ procurement–posthumous

Overnight-stay patient

Same-day patient.

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:Help on this term
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Reference documents:Help on this term

NHMRC (National Health and Medical Research Council) 2010.  Australian Guidelines for the Prevention and Control of Infection in Healthcare. Canberra: NHMRC.

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:Help on this term
Has been superseded by Healthcare-associated infections NBEDS 2021–

        Health, Standard 10/06/2022

See also Surveillance of healthcare associated infection: Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia NBPDS

        Health, Superseded 09/12/2022

Metadata items in this Data Set Specification Help on this term

Seq No.Help on this termMetadata itemHelp on this termObligationHelp on this termMax occursHelp on this term
1Establishment—Australian state/territory identifier, code NMandatory1
2Establishment—organisation identifier (Australian), NNX[X]NNNNNMandatory1
3Hospital—hospital name, text XXX[X(97)]Mandatory1
4Establishment—Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia surveillance indicator, yes/no code NMandatory1
5Establishment—number of patient days, total N[N(7)]

DSS specific information:

Patient days for unqualified newborns, hospital boarders, and posthumous organ procurement are excluded.

Mandatory1
6Establishment—number of hospital patient days under Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia surveillance, total days N[NNNNN]

Conditional obligation:

Reporting of this data element is conditional on a 'Yes' response to the Establishment—Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia surveillance indicator, yes/no code N data element.

Conditional1
7Establishment—number of healthcare-associated Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteraemia patient episodes, total episodes N[NNNN]

Conditional obligation:

Reporting of this data element is conditional on a 'Yes' response to the Establishment—Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia surveillance indicator, yes/no code N data element.

Conditional1
8Establishment—number of healthcare-associated Methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) bacteraemia patient episodes, total episodes N[NNNN]

Conditional obligation:

Reporting of this data element is conditional on a 'Yes' response to the Establishment—Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia surveillance indicator, yes/no code N data element.

Conditional1

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