Establishment—number of healthcare-associated Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bloodstream infection patient episodes, total episodes N[NNNN]
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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| Short name: | Number of healthcare-associated Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bloodstream infection patient episodes |
| METEOR identifier: | 751492 |
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| Definition: | The total number of healthcare-associated Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bloodstream infection patient episodes, attributed to care provided by the hospital, reported during a specified reference period. |
| Data Element Concept: | Establishment—number of healthcare-associated Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bloodstream infection patient episodes |
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Representational attributes | ||||
| Representation class: | Total | |||
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| Data type: | Number | |||
| Format: | N[NNNN] | |||
| Maximum character length: | 5 | |||
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Collection and usage attributes | ||||
| Guide for use: | The number of healthcare-associated MRSA patient episodes at a hospital may be zero. | |||
| Comments: | MRSA is an isolate of Staphylococcus aureus that is identified by a laboratory as being resistant to methicillin or a test that predicts methicillin resistance (ACSQHC unpublished). | |||
Source and reference attributes | ||||
| Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare | |||
| Reference documents: | ACSQHC (Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care) 2021. Implementation Guide for the Surveillance of Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection. Sydney: ACSQHC, viewed 10 February 2022 https://www.safetyandquality.gov.au/publications-and-resources/resource-library/implementation-guide-surveillance-staphylococcus-aureus-bloodstream-infection | |||
Relational attributes | ||||
| Related metadata references: | See also Episode of admitted patient care
Supersedes Establishment—number of healthcare-associated Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteraemia patient episodes, total episodes N[NNNN]
See also Establishment—number of healthcare-associated Methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) bacteraemia patient episodes, total episodes N[NNNN]
See also Establishment—number of healthcare-associated Methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) bloodstream infection patient episodes, total episodes N[NNNN]
See also Non-admitted patient
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| Implementation in Data Set Specifications: All attributes + |
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