Number of healthcare-associated Methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) bloodstream infection patient episodes
Property Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type:![]() | Property |
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METEOR identifier:![]() | 751530 |
Registration status:![]() | Health!, Qualified 16/03/2022 |
Definition:![]() | A count of healthcare-associated Methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) bloodstream infection patient episodes reported during a specified reference period. |
Property group:![]() | Illness and/or Injury event |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Comments:![]() | MSSA is an isolate of Staphylococcus aureus that is identified by a laboratory as being methicillin susceptible (ACSQHC unpublished). |
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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) 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 Number of healthcare-associated Methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) bacteraemia patient episodes Health!, Standard 25/01/2018 |
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