NSQIP_CDIFF_POSITIVE_TEST

Description: |
The NSQIP_CDIFF_POSITIVE_TEST table contains the tests that resulted positive for patients with postoperative occurrences of C. diff. The information is part of NSQIP registry submissions.

Primary Key

Column Name | Ordinal Position |
--- | --- | ---
REGISTRY_DATA_ID | 1 |
LINE | 2 |

Column Information

| Name | Type | Discontinued? |
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
1 | REGISTRY_DATA_ID | NUMERIC | No |
The unique identifier (.1 item) for the registry data record.
2 | LINE | INTEGER | No |
The line number for the information associated with this record. Multiple pieces of information can be associated with this record.
3 | NSQIP_CDIFF_TEST_C_NAME | VARCHAR | No |
The category ID for the C. diff tests performed that resulted positive for a patient.
May contain organization-specific values: No
Category Entries:
None
Enzyme immunoassay (EIA) for GDH
Enzyme immunoassay (EIA) for Toxin A/B
Antigen test (GDH assay)
Cell culture cytotoxicity assay
Polymerase chain reaction (PCR)
Nucleic Acid Amplification Tests (NAAT)
DNA Amplification (DNA-A)
Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification (LAMP)
Toxigenic stool culture
Unknown
Other