Rate of New Cases of Hospital Acquired Staphylococcus Aureus Bloodstream Infection
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
Rate of new cases of hospital acquired S. aureus bloodstream infection. S. aureus blood stream infection is reported when S. aureus is cultured from a blood culture taken from a patient who had been hospitalised within the reporting hospital for 48 hours or longer before blood culture was taken.
Numerator
Number of cases of S. aureus blood stream infection as per description above.
Denominator
Acute bed days used x 10,000, provided by the HSE BIU acute unit. This is based on the average number of available acute in patient beds during the month.
Exclusions
Does not account for hospital-acquired S. aureus bloodstream infections that present after hospital discharge, or for healthcare-associated cases outside of acute hospital inpatient settings.
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
None
Stratifications
By hospital group and acute hospital.
Collection and Reporting Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
Monthly data report by acute hospitals
Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
Annual Report, Performance Profile Report/Profile, Management Data Report