Data
element Name
|
Data
element Definition
|
Yourlab_state
|
State or
jurisdiction of the AR Lab Network lab submitting this data
|
Reporting_month
|
This is the year
and month this report is counted for CDC reporting; it is based on
the date of collection.
|
Reported_to_submitter_date
|
Date reported to
the submitter (clinical lab or healthcare facility of origin) by
the jurisdictional PHL
Granularity = day
|
Patient_ID
|
1) Unique
patient ID assigned by the public health
department.
2)
Unique patient ID assigned by the hospital/facility.
3)
Other unique patient ID.
The
patient ID should facilitate linking lab data to data
provided from
epidemiologists and other sources in public health.
|
Patient_age
|
Age at specimen
collection date
|
Patient_age_unit
|
Could be years,
months, days
|
Patient_sex
|
Patient sex
|
Patient_race
|
Patient race
|
Patient_ethnicity
|
Patient
ethnicity
|
Patient_county
|
County of
residence
|
Patient_county_code
|
County code of
residence
|
Patient_state
|
State of
residence
|
Patient_country
|
Country of
residence
|
ARLN_PHL_sent
|
The coded
representation of the ARLN regional lab where the isolate was sent
(if it was sent)
|
Processing_Laboratory_ID
|
ID for the
processing laboratory
|
Processing_laboratory_name
|
The lab that
isolates the organism or that collects and processes clinical
specimens (when not the healthcare facility of origin). This can
be a public health lab or clinical lab.
|
FacilityID
|
ID of the
healthcare facility of origin (i.e., where patient was located
when testing was initiated)
|
FacilityName
|
Where the
patient was located when testing was initiated.
|
FacilityState
|
State of the
healthcare facility of origin
|
Submitter_facility_ID
|
ID of the
submitting facility
|
Submitter_facility_name
|
The name of the
facility or clinical laboratory that collected and processed the
specimen and sent it (and a request for testing) to the AR Lab
Network lab, and to which the testing public health lab is
reporting the results back to.
|
Submitter_facility_state
|
State of the
submitting facility
|
Submitter_facility_zipcode
|
Zip code of the
submitting facility
|
Specimen_collection_date
|
Date specimen
collected
|
Specimen_received_date
|
Date specimen
received for ARLN testing
|
Submitter_Specimen_ID
|
This is the
Specimen ID assigned by the submitting entity (facility,
laboratory, etc).
|
ARLN_Isolate_ID
|
The ARLN Isolate
ID is the testing lab’s isolate ID
|
ARLN_Specimen_ID
|
The
ARLN_Specimen_ID is the testing lab's specimen ID
|
Specimen_type
|
Specimen
type
This is describing the clinical specimen.
|
Isolate_forwarded_to_RegLab
|
Identifies that
the PHL has forwarded an isolate to an ARLN regional lab for
additional testing.
|
Date_forwarded_to_RegLab
|
The date a PHL
has forwarded an isolate to an ARLN regional lab for additional
testing.
Granularity =
day
|
Test_date
|
Date the test
was performed
|
Species_identified_by_clinical_lab
|
Species
identified at the clinical lab
|
Species_identified_by_yourlab
|
Species
identified at the AR Lab Network lab
|
Yourlab_comment
|
Comments from
the AR Lab Network lab
|
reporting_complete
|
Completion
status
|
Organism_Suspected
|
Organism that is suspected, or
intended to be ruled out, as recorded on the order
|