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Fife Microbiology Lab

Summary

Abstract

NHS Fife Microbiology laboratory samples and tests data.

Keywords

microbiology HIC SCOTLAND Fife NHS

Publisher

  • Name
    Health Informatics Centre - University of Dundee
  • Logo

    Not available

  • Description
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  • Contact point
    Not available

Documentation

Description

Data on specimens for microbiology testing. If an organism/bacteria is found this is isolated within the sample and results of the organism"s growth status under the application of various antibiotics are recorded. This dataset also contains free text laboratory comments, adding additional details about the specimens supplied.
  • Associated media
    • Not available
  • Is part of
    • Not available

Coverage

Spatial

  • Spatial coverage

    United Kingdom, Scotland, Fife

  • Geographic levels
    Not available

Temporal

  • Start date
    01/06/2006
  • End date
    01/01/2018
  • Frequency
    Static
  • Distribution release date
    28/09/2021

Provenance

  • Purpose
    Care
  • Source
    Lims
  • Collection situation
    Services

Access and governance

  • Conditions of access
    General research use

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Usage

  • Conditions of use
    Disclosure control
  • Resource creator
    NHS Fife
  • Is referenced by
    Not available

Access

  • Access rights
  • Access service
    HIC has implemented a remote-access Trusted Research Environment to protect data confidentiality, satisfy public concerns about data loss and reassure Data Controllers about HIC’s secure management and processing of their data. Data is not released externally to data users for analysis on their own computers but placed on a server at HIC, within a restricted, secure IT environment, where the data user is given secure remote access to carry out their analysis. Full details are available via the following link: https://www.dundee.ac.uk/hic/safe-haven
  • Jurisdiction
    GB-SCT
  • Data controller
    Local NHS boards
  • Data processor
    University of Dundee, Health Informatics Centre

Format and standards

  • Language
    English
  • Format
    Csv, database

Enrichment and linkage

  • Related datasets
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  • Linkage opportunity
    Not available
  • Tools
    • Not available

Synthetic data

Synthetic data is not yet available for this dataset. 

Data Dictionary

PROCHI

Anonymised patient identifier

DATEOFRECEIPT

This field represents the date the specimen was received.

TIMEOFRECEIPT

This field represents the time the sample was received.

CLINICIANDESCRIPTION

This field represents the clinicians name.

SOURCEDESCRIPTION

This field represents the origin of the sample.

SPECIMENTYPEDESCRIPTION

This field provides a description for the specimen type.

SPECIMENNUMBER

Foreign key referencing the Lab table.

ORGANISM

Part of the combined primary key, specifying the target organism of the test.

TESTPROFILE

Part of the PK. The test method used..

COMMENT

No Column Description Available

Variable description

Data type
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