Entity Survey NHSN Event

DescriptionA survey administration event that includes survey information for a National Healthcare Safety Network event such as pneumonia, blood stream infection or urinary tract infection.

Attributes
Event NumEvent Num
National Healthcare Safety Network Event DateNational Healthcare Safety Network Event Date
NHSN Event SubtypeNHSN Event Subtype
NHSN Event TypeNHSN Event Type
Survey NHSN Event NameSurvey NHSN Event Name

Generalization
Generalization1Generalization1

Dependencies
 NONE

Reverse Dependencies
 

Attribute Details

 Event Num
DescriptionA sequence of alphanumeric characters that uniquely identifies the event.
Data TypeStandards - Data Domains.ddm/Data Domains/Alphanumeric [VARCHAR(80)]
Is Part Of PrimaryKeyfalse
Is Requiredfalse
Is Derivedfalse
Is Surrogate Keyfalse



 National Healthcare Safety Network Event Date
DescriptionThe date upon which an NHSN event took place.
Data TypeStandards - Data Domains.ddm/Data Domains/Date [DATE]
Is Part Of PrimaryKeyfalse
Is Requiredfalse
Is Derivedfalse
Is Surrogate Keyfalse



 NHSN Event Subtype
DescriptionThe subtype of an NHSN (National Healthcare Safety Network Event) event.

For example: 
(for Urinary Tract Infection) 
SUTI - Symptomatic urinary tract infection
ASB - Asymptomatic bacteriuria
OUTI - Other urinary tract infection
Data TypeStandards - Data Domains.ddm/Data Domains/Enumeration [VARCHAR(20)]
Is Part Of PrimaryKeyfalse
Is Requiredfalse
Is Derivedfalse
Is Surrogate Keyfalse



 NHSN Event Type
DescriptionThe type code of an NHSN (National Healthcare Safety Network) event.

For example: 
SSI - Surgical Site Infection
BSI - Blood Stream Infection
UTI - Urinary tract Infection
PNEU - Pneumonia
Data TypeStandards - Data Domains.ddm/Data Domains/Enumeration [VARCHAR(20)]
Is Part Of PrimaryKeyfalse
Is Requiredfalse
Is Derivedfalse
Is Surrogate Keyfalse



 Survey NHSN Event Name
DescriptionThe name of the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) event.

For Example:
SSI - surgical site infection
BSI - bloodstream infection
UTI - catheter associated urinary tract infection
Data TypeStandards - Data Domains.ddm/Data Domains/Name Long [VARCHAR(255)]
Is Part Of PrimaryKeyfalse
Is Requiredfalse
Is Derivedfalse
Is Surrogate Keyfalse

Generalization Details

 Generalization1
SupertypeSurvey Administration
SubtypeSurvey NHSN Event
Transform AsTABLE