Definition
A code set representing the key clinical criteria that are used to determine whether a patient episode of Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia (SAB) is healthcare associated, when the patient’s first SAB blood culture was collected less than or equal to 48 hours after hospital admission.
Representation
| Data Type | Number |
|---|---|
| Format | N |
| Maximum character length | 1 |
Values
| Value | Meaning | Start Date | End Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Permissible Values | 1 | The patient episode of SAB is a complication of the presence of an indwelling medical device (e.g. intravascular line, haemodialysis vascular access, CSF shunt, urinary catheter) | ||
| 2 | The patient episode of SAB occurs within 30 days of a surgical procedure where the SAB is related to the surgical site | |||
| 3 | The patient episode of SAB was diagnosed within 48 hours of a related invasive instrumentation or incision | |||
| 4 | The patient episode of SAB is associated with neutropenia (Neutrophils: less than 1 x 10^9/L) contributed to by cytotoxic therapy | |||
| Supplementary Values | 7 | Not applicable | ||
| 8 | Unknown | |||
| 9 | Not stated/inadequately described |
Comments
Origin:
ACSQHC Healthcare Associated Infection Technical Working Group
References
Related content
| Relation | Count |
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| Data Elements implementing this Value Domain | 1 |