Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bloodstream infection rates in patients while in hospital

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bloodstream infection rates in patients while in hospital Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bloodstream infection rates while in hospital are measured and monitored by infection prevention and control staff as a means to evaluate the effectiveness of their infection control protocols. MRSA rates are calculated by dividing the number of clostridium difficile infections by the total number of patient days. This rate is then multiplied by 10,000 to make a standard MRSA infection rate for each reporting period. The rate is reported per 10,000 patient days. The Canadian benchmark MRSA rate is included in the dataset. Data fields include: Year, Quarter, Health Authority, Health Authority Zone, MRSA Rate, Canadian benchmark. 2024-05-29 Government of Nova Scotia Health and Safetymrsapatient infectionsinfection controlnshaiwkmethicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureusstaphylococcus aureusgermbacteriainfection prevention and controlpatient safetyhospital infectioninfection Nova Scotia original metadata (https://data.novascotia.ca)HTML https://data.novascotia.ca/datasets/fhgh-hs5y Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bloodstream infection rates in patients while in hospital (CSV)CSV https://data.novascotia.ca/api/views/fhgh-hs5y/rows.csv?accessType=DOWNLOAD Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bloodstream infection rates in patients while in hospital (CSV Excel)CSV https://data.novascotia.ca/api/views/fhgh-hs5y/rows.csv?accessType=DOWNLOAD&bom=true&format=true Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bloodstream infection rates in patients while in hospital (CSV Excel (EU))CSV https://data.novascotia.ca/api/views/fhgh-hs5y/rows.csv?accessType=DOWNLOAD&bom=true&format=true&delimiter=%3B Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bloodstream infection rates in patients while in hospital (TSV)other https://data.novascotia.ca/api/views/fhgh-hs5y/rows.tsv?accessType=DOWNLOAD&bom=true&format=true&delimiter=%3B Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bloodstream infection rates in patients while in hospital (RDF)RDF https://data.novascotia.ca/api/views/fhgh-hs5y/rows.rdf?accessType=DOWNLOAD Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bloodstream infection rates in patients while in hospital (RSS)RSS https://data.novascotia.ca/api/views/fhgh-hs5y/rows.rss?accessType=DOWNLOAD Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bloodstream infection rates in patients while in hospital (XML)XML https://data.novascotia.ca/api/views/fhgh-hs5y/rows.xml?accessType=DOWNLOAD Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bloodstream infection rates in patients while in hospital - Advanced ViewHTML https://data.novascotia.ca/datasets/iwuz-nbpe

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bloodstream infection rates while in hospital are measured and monitored by infection prevention and control staff as a means to evaluate the effectiveness of their infection control protocols. MRSA rates are calculated by dividing the number of clostridium difficile infections by the total number of patient days. This rate is then multiplied by 10,000 to make a standard MRSA infection rate for each reporting period. The rate is reported per 10,000 patient days. The Canadian benchmark MRSA rate is included in the dataset. Data fields include: Year, Quarter, Health Authority, Health Authority Zone, MRSA Rate, Canadian benchmark.

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