Tayside Microbiology Lab

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{
  "summary": {
    "title": "Tayside Microbiology Lab",
    "abstract": "NHS Tayside Microbiology laboratory samples and tests data.",
    "keywords": "microbiology;,;NHS;,;Tayside;,;HIC;,;Scotland",
    "publisher": {
      "name": "Health Informatics Centre - University of Dundee",
      "gatewayId": "5baa31c1-0280-4482-b8b7-a4953869f184"
    },
    "inPipeline": "Not available",
    "shortTitle": "Tayside Microbiology Lab",
    "datasetType": "Health and disease",
    "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.\nThis dataset also contains free text laboratory comments, adding additional details about the specimens supplied.",
    "contactPoint": "hicsupport@dundee.ac.uk",
    "datasetSubType": "Not applicable",
    "populationSize": 514000
  },
  "coverage": {
    "pathway": "ALL primary and secondary care LIMS records for Tayside",
    "spatial": "United Kingdom,Scotland,Tayside Region",
    "followUp": "Unknown",
    "typicalAgeRange": "0-150"
  },
  "required": {
    "issued": "2024-10-08T11:28:29.480376Z",
    "version": "4.0.0",
    "modified": "2024-10-08T11:28:29.480386Z",
    "gatewayId": "111",
    "revisions": [
      {
        "url": "https://web.prod.hdruk.cloud//dataset/111?version=1.0.0",
        "version": "1.0.0"
      }
    ],
    "gatewayPid": "682340c9-baa4-4ad5-9c74-dc7814ab5eea"
  },
  "provenance": {
    "origin": {
      "source": "LIMS",
      "purpose": "Care",
      "imageContrast": "Not stated",
      "collectionSituation": "Services"
    },
    "temporal": {
      "timeLag": "Variable",
      "startDate": "1998-01-07",
      "accrualPeriodicity": "Irregular",
      "distributionReleaseDate": "2021-09-28"
    }
  },
  "observations": [
    {
      "observedNode": "Persons",
      "measuredValue": 514000,
      "observationDate": "2021-11-12",
      "measuredProperty": "Count",
      "disambiguatingDescription": "514,000 persons in the dataset"
    },
    {
      "observedNode": "Events",
      "measuredValue": 8214000,
      "observationDate": "2021-11-12",
      "measuredProperty": "Count",
      "disambiguatingDescription": "8,214,000 records in the dataset"
    }
  ],
  "accessibility": {
    "usage": {
      "resourceCreator": {
        "name": "NHS Tayside"
      },
      "dataUseLimitation": "General research use",
      "dataUseRequirement": "Disclosure control"
    },
    "access": {
      "accessRights": "https://www.dundee.ac.uk/hic/governance-service",
      "jurisdiction": "GB-SCT",
      "accessService": "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.\n\nData 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.\n\nFull details are available via the following link:\nhttps://www.dundee.ac.uk/hic/safe-haven",
      "dataProcessor": "University of Dundee, Health Informatics Centre",
      "dataController": "Local NHS boards",
      "deliveryLeadTime": "2-4 weeks",
      "accessRequestCost": "Quotation available on request",
      "accessServiceCategory": "TRE/SDE"
    },
    "formatAndStandards": {
      "formats": "CSV;,;Database",
      "languages": "en",
      "vocabularyEncodingSchemes": "LOCAL"
    }
  },
  "structuralMetadata": [
    {
      "name": "Microbiology - Tayside Tests",
      "columns": [
        {
          "name": "TestCode_Desc",
          "dataType": "varchar(64)",
          "sensitive": false,
          "description": "This field represents the description for TestCode."
        }
      ],
      "description": "Links a specimen to a test code and it's description.  Result is stored as a free text comment field, so may need to be interpreted by the data users.  Many of these results are comments about the samples.  This dataset pulls the CHI and Sample Date fields from the Lab dataset for convenience."
    },
    {
      "name": "Microbiology - Tayside Tests",
      "columns": [
        {
          "name": "PROCHI",
          "dataType": "varchar(50)",
          "sensitive": false,
          "description": "Anonymised patient identifier"
        }
      ],
      "description": "Links a specimen to a test code and it's description.  Result is stored as a free text comment field, so may need to be interpreted by the data users.  Many of these results are comments about the samples.  This dataset pulls the CHI and Sample Date fields from the Lab dataset for convenience."
    },
    {
      "name": "Microbiology - Tayside Tests",
      "columns": [
        {
          "name": "SampleYear",
          "dataType": "date",
          "sensitive": false,
          "description": "No Column Description Available"
        }
      ],
      "description": "Links a specimen to a test code and it's description.  Result is stored as a free text comment field, so may need to be interpreted by the data users.  Many of these results are comments about the samples.  This dataset pulls the CHI and Sample Date fields from the Lab dataset for convenience."
    },
    {
      "name": "Microbiology - Tayside Tests",
      "columns": [
        {
          "name": "SampleDate",
          "dataType": "date",
          "sensitive": false,
          "description": "No Column Description Available"
        }
      ],
      "description": "Links a specimen to a test code and it's description.  Result is stored as a free text comment field, so may need to be interpreted by the data users.  Many of these results are comments about the samples.  This dataset pulls the CHI and Sample Date fields from the Lab dataset for convenience."
    },
    {
      "name": "Microbiology - Tayside Tests",
      "columns": [
        {
          "name": "SpecimenNo",
          "dataType": "varchar(10)",
          "sensitive": false,
          "description": "This field represents the alphanumeric specimen number. The specimen number is unique with the first part as date and department (e.g. 06B). The second part is the number. This starts at 100000 or 000001 every year. The combination is unique (until 2106…)  ."
        }
      ],
      "description": "Links a specimen to a test code and it's description.  Result is stored as a free text comment field, so may need to be interpreted by the data users.  Many of these results are comments about the samples.  This dataset pulls the CHI and Sample Date fields from the Lab dataset for convenience."
    },
    {
      "name": "Microbiology - Tayside Tests",
      "columns": [
        {
          "name": "TestCode",
          "dataType": "varchar(16)",
          "sensitive": false,
          "description": "This field represents the microbiology test code that was performed (e.g., BC = Blood Cultures; GEN = Genotype)  ."
        }
      ],
      "description": "Links a specimen to a test code and it's description.  Result is stored as a free text comment field, so may need to be interpreted by the data users.  Many of these results are comments about the samples.  This dataset pulls the CHI and Sample Date fields from the Lab dataset for convenience."
    },
    {
      "name": "Microbiology - Tayside Tests",
      "columns": [
        {
          "name": "Result",
          "dataType": "varchar(180)",
          "sensitive": false,
          "description": "This field represents the result. This may contain text based results, which have historically been truncated. This has been investigated, and the source data from NHST lab has also been truncated.."
        }
      ],
      "description": "Links a specimen to a test code and it's description.  Result is stored as a free text comment field, so may need to be interpreted by the data users.  Many of these results are comments about the samples.  This dataset pulls the CHI and Sample Date fields from the Lab dataset for convenience."
    },
    {
      "name": "Microbiology - Tayside Tests",
      "columns": [
        {
          "name": "Result_original",
          "dataType": "varchar(180)",
          "sensitive": false,
          "description": "No Column Description Available"
        }
      ],
      "description": "Links a specimen to a test code and it's description.  Result is stored as a free text comment field, so may need to be interpreted by the data users.  Many of these results are comments about the samples.  This dataset pulls the CHI and Sample Date fields from the Lab dataset for convenience."
    }
  ]
}