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: | Health, Standard 10/06/2022 |
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 attributes | |
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Data element concept: | Establishment—number of healthcare-associated Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bloodstream infection patient episodes |
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METEOR identifier: | 751483 |
Registration status: | Health, Standard 10/06/2022 |
Definition: | The 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. |
Object class: | Establishment |
Property: | Number of healthcare-associated Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bloodstream infection patient episodes |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
Value domain attributes | |
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Value domain: | Total episodes N[NNNN] |
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METEOR identifier: | 439403 |
Registration status: | Health, Standard 15/11/2012 Indigenous, Standard 07/04/2024 |
Definition: | Number of episodes. |
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. |
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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] Health, Superseded 10/06/2022 See also Episode of admitted patient care Health, Standard 01/03/2005 Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 31/10/2012 National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016 Tasmanian Health, Standard 02/09/2016 See also Establishment—number of healthcare-associated Methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) bacteraemia patient episodes, total episodes N[NNNN] Health, Superseded 10/06/2022 See also Establishment—number of healthcare-associated Methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) bloodstream infection patient episodes, total episodes N[NNNN] Health, Standard 10/06/2022 See also Non-admitted patient Health, Standard 01/03/2005 |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Healthcare-associated infections NBEDS 2021– Health, Standard 10/06/2022 Implementation start date: 01/07/2021 Conditional obligation: Reporting of this data element is conditional on a CODE 1 'Yes' response to the Establishment—Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection surveillance indicator, yes/no code N data element. Healthcare-associated infections NBEDS 2025– Health, Recorded 26/04/2024 Implementation start date: 01/07/2025 Conditional obligation: Reporting of this data element is conditional on a CODE 1 'Yes' response to the Establishment—Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection surveillance indicator, yes/no code N data element. |