Version: 1.0.0 | Published: 9 May 2025 | Updated: 391 days ago
Documentation
Description:
The project focuses on targeting antibiotics better for patients so they are more likely to get the antibiotics they need; patients with severe infections who do not receive active antibiotics are at increased risk of dying. Therefore, the project by aiming to give more patients active antibiotics, aims to provide tools that could reduce deaths, reduce the need for intensive care, shorten length of hospital stay and reduce hospital re-admissions. Use of more targeted antibiotics could also help reduce antibiotic side effects and the risk of future antibiotic resistance.
The following data items are included:
- Patient demographics, including month and year of birth, date of death or last known alive, sex, ethnicity, index of multiple deprivation score, weight, height
- Details of emergency department, outpatient and inpatient episodes, including admission and discharge times, ward stays, elective vs emergency admission, specialty, diagnosis and procedure codes (these factors may influence rates of antibiotic resistance, e.g. through previous hospital exposure, or determine the need for future treatments, e.g. to treat a specific condition)
- Laboratory tests including full blood counts, renal function, liver function, C reactive protein, glucose, blood gases, and clotting
- Vital signs including pulse, blood pressure, temperature, respiratory rate, oxygen saturations, supplementary oxygen, Alert-Confusion-Voice-Pain-Unresponsive (ACVPU) and Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS)
- Antibiotic prescriptions including start and end of doses administered and prescribed, drug, dose, route
- Microbiology samples and results (diagnostic and screening samples), including collection date and time, report date and time, sample type with details of samples sent for bacterial culture whether culture positive or not, for culture positive samples the species identified and the results of antimicrobial susceptibility testing
Is Part Of:
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Coverage
Spatial:
Thames Valley and Surrey
Typical Age Range:
0-150
Follow Up:
1 - 10 Years
Provenance
Origin
Purposes:
- Statutory
- Care
Sources:
- EPR
- Other
- LIMS
Collection Situations:
- Secondary care - Accident and Emergency
- Secondary care - Outpatients
- Secondary care - In-patients
- Prescribing - Hospital
Temporal
Accrual Periodicity:
Static
Start Date:
01 January 2015
End Date:
01 March 2026
Time Lag:
Not applicable
Accessibility
Access
Access Rights:
Delivery Lead Time:
Variable
Jurisdictions:
UK
Data Controller:
Thames Valley and Surrey Secure Data Environment (SDE)
Data Processor:
Thames Valley and Surrey Secure Data Environment (SDE)
Usage
Data Use Limitations:
No restriction
Data Use Requirements:
- Project-specific restrictions
- User-specific restriction
Format and Standards
Vocabulary Encoding Schemes:
- OPCS4
- ICD10
- NHS NATIONAL CODES
- LOCAL
Conforms To:
NHS DATA DICTIONARY
Languages:
en
Formats:
text/comma-separated-values
Observations
Statistical Population
Population Description
Population Size
Measured Property
Observation Date
Persons
Combined (linked)
392033
Count
01 March 2026