CAUTI: Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in Oregon Hospitals, 2015

2015 data on hospital-acquired infections reported by Oregon hospitals as part of a mandatory state program. The dataset includes metrics like Standardized Infection Ratios (SIR), predicted and observed infection counts, and catheter days for adult and pediatric units. It was published by data.oregon.gov and last updated in July 2018.

Use Cases

• Benchmark hospital performance using the 2015 SIR, SIR 95% CI, and Percentile on 2014 National SIR Distribution columns.
• Analyze geographic patterns of infection rates using the County, Counties, and Location 1 (zip) columns.
• Compare observed outcomes to predictions by examining Observed Infections against Predicted Infections and Catheter Days.
• Assess progress toward federal targets by evaluating the 2013 HHS Targets column against current SIR values.

Strengths

• Includes standardized clinical metrics like SIR and SIR 95% CI for reliable comparison.
• Contains geographic and administrative identifiers such as County and 2010 House Districts for spatial analysis.
• Data is part of a mandatory state reporting program, which likely enforces a consistent reporting structure.

Limitations

• Last updated 2018-07-27 22:23:27; freshness should be verified.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

data.oregon.gov

Collection Method

Mandatory reporting by Oregon hospitals as part of the state's healthcare-associated infections program.

Time Range

2015

Freshness

Last updated 2018-07-27 22:23:27.

Geography

Oregon, United States