Form 0920-0978 Death Ascertainment Project Variables

Data Elements Transferred to CDC for the HAIC Death Ascertainment Project
(Site-transmitted variables)

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Variable description

1

Patient ID

2

StateID

Org: organism for
this case, include
only for MuGSI
4 DISC: Date of
incident specimen
collection
5 Death_date (from
HAIC database)
6 Death_date2 (from
death registry)
7 Dis_deathdate: Yes,
No or blank
8 True_deathdt:
Correct death date
to use
9 Outcome_90: Died
or Survived
10 Comments: free
text

MuSGI

Variable name by surveillance activity
CDI
Invasive SA

Candidemia

PatientID

PATID

PATID

PATID

StateID

STATEID

STATEID

STATEID

Org

Not included

Not included

Not included

Culture_Date

SPECDT

CULT

DISC

Death_date

Death_date

Death_date

Death_date

Death_date2

Death_date2

Death_date2

Death_date2

Dis_deathdate

Dis_deathdate

Dis_deathdate

Dis_deathdate

True_deathdt

True_deathdt

True_deathdt

True_deathdt

Ptoutcome_90

Outcome_90

Ptoutcome_90

Ptoutcome_90

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