Establishment—number of healthcare-associated Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bloodstream infection patient episodes, total episodes N[NNNN]
Data Element Attributes
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 |
| Registration status: |
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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 |
Value domain attributes | |
Representational attributes | |
| Representation class: | Total |
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| Data type: | Number |
| Format: | N[NNNN] |
| Maximum character length: | 5 |
Data element attributes | |
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is identified by a laboratory as being resistant to methicillin or a test that predicts methicillin resistance (ACSQHC unpublished).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: | Supersedes Establishment—number of healthcare-associated Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteraemia patient episodes, total episodes N[NNNN]
See also Episode of admitted patient care
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: | Health, Standard 10/06/2022 |