Establishment—number of sentinel events, total N[NNN]
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Total number of sentinel events |
METEOR identifier: | 758577 |
Registration status: | Health, Standard 20/12/2022 |
Definition: | The total number of sentinel events that occur in an establishment. |
Data element concept attributes | |
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Data element concept: | Establishment—number of sentinel events |
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METEOR identifier: | 758570 |
Registration status: | Health, Standard 20/12/2022 |
Definition: | The number of sentinel events that occur in an establishment. |
Object class: | Establishment |
Property: | Number of sentinel events |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
Value domain attributes | |
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Value domain: | Total number N[NNN] |
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METEOR identifier: | 480158 |
Registration status: | Commonwealth Department of Health, Retired 19/10/2023 Community Services (retired), Standard 10/04/2013 Disability, Standard 13/08/2015 Health, Standard 13/11/2014 Housing assistance, Standard 01/05/2013 Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 17/10/2017 Indigenous, Standard 16/09/2014 |
Definition: | The total number. |
Representational attributes | ||
Representation class: | Total | |
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Data type: | Number | |
Format: | N[NNN] | |
Maximum character length: | 4 | |
Value | Meaning | |
Supplementary values: | 9999 | Not stated/inadequately described |
Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Collection methods: | A sentinel event is a particular type of serious incident that is wholly preventable and has caused serious harm to, or the death of, a patient. To be classified as a sentinel event, a strict set of criteria need to be met:
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Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
Reference documents: | ACSQHC (Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care) 2018. Australian sentinel events list (version 2) - Development and specifications. Canberra: ACSQHC. Viewed 22 June 2022, https://www.safetyandquality.gov.au/publications-and-resources/resource-library/australian-sentinel-events-list-version-2-development-and-specifications PC (Productivity Commission) (2022) Report on Government Services. Canberra: PC. Viewed 22 June 2022, https://www.pc.gov.au/research/ongoing/report-on-government-services |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | Has been superseded by Establishment—number of sentinel events, total N[NNN] Health, Standard 07/09/2023 |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Sentinel events NBEDS 2004–2019 Health, Standard 20/12/2022 Implementation start date: 01/07/2004 Implementation end date: 30/06/2019 DSS specific information: In the Sentinel events NBEDS, data is collected for government health establishments.
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