Establishment—staffing categories, healthcare worker code N[N]
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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| Short name: | Establishment healthcare worker staffing categories |
| METEOR identifier: | 768657 |
| Registration status: | Health, Qualified 23/03/2023 |
| Definition: | The categories of healthcare worker staffing within an establishment, as represented by a code. |
| Context: | National Hand Hygiene Initiative (NHHI) |
| Data Element Concept: | Establishment—staffing categories |
| Value Domain: | Healthcare worker categories code N[N] |
Value domain attributes | ||
Representational attributes | ||
| Representation class: | Code | |
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| Data type: | Number | |
| Format: | N[N] | |
| Maximum character length: | 2 | |
| Value | Meaning | |
| Permissible values: | 1 | Nurse/midwife |
| 2 | Medical practitioner | |
| 3 | Personal care staff | |
| 4 | Allied health care worker | |
| 5 | Administrative and clerical staff | |
| 6 | Invasive technician | |
| 7 | Domestic | |
| 8 | Student doctor | |
| 9 | Student nurse/midwife | |
| 10 | Student allied health | |
| 11 | Student personal care | |
| 12 | Other/not categorised elsewhere | |
| 13 | Ambulance | |
| 14 | Dentist/specialist dentist | |
| 15 | Dental therapist/dental hygienist/dental prosthetist/oral health therapist | |
| 16 | Dental assistant/dental nurse | |
| 17 | Dental technicians/laboratory staff (no patient contact) | |
| 18 | Student dentist | |
| 19 | Student dental therapist | |
| 20 | Student dental assistant/dental nurse | |
| 21 | Student dental technicians/laboratory staff (no patient contact) | |
| Supplementary values: | 99 | Not stated/inadequately described |
Source and reference attributes | |
| Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
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Data element attributes | |
Source and reference attributes | |
| Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
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| Origin: | ACSQHC (Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care) 2019. National hand hygiene initiative manual. ACSQHC: Sydney, accessed 8 December 2022. |
Relational attributes | |
| Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Healthcare worker hand hygiene moments cluster Health, Qualified 23/03/2023 |
| Implementation in Indicators: |
Used as Disaggregation
National Hand Hygiene Initiative compliance rate, 2012– Health, Qualified 23/03/2023 |