Service Agreement - Department of Health Tasmania: 2018, Healthcare associated staphylococcus aureus (including MRSA) bacteraemia infection rate, 2018
Indicator Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Indicator |
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| Indicator type: | Indicator |
| Short name: | Healthcare associated staphylococcus aureus (including MRSA) bacteraemia (rate) |
| METEOR identifier: | 700627 |
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| Description: | This indicator measures the rate of Healthcare Associated Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia infection. This indicator is concerned with cases of this infection which are associated with a patient receiving healthcare. |
| Rationale: | Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia (SAB) in Tasmania is a notifiable disease pursuant to the Public Health Act 1997. Mortality of Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia is around 25-35%. All States have agreed to monitor this infection from a Safety & Quality perspective. |
| Indicator set: | Service Plan - Department of Health Tasmania: 2018 |
Collection and usage attributes | |
| Computation description: | The definitions applied are consistent with national definitions which are published by the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Healthcare Data set specification – Surveillance of Healthcare Associated Infections: Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia and Clostridium difficile infection (Version 4.0).
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| Computation: | 100 x (Numerator ÷ Denominator) |
| Numerator: | Number of cases of healthcare associated Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia |
| Denominator: | Number of patient days for the given period (matching the numerator period) |
Representational attributes | |
| Representation class: | Rate |
| Data type: | Real |
| Unit of measure: | Disease type |
Accountability attributes | |
| Reporting requirements: | 2018-19 Service Agreement |