Disease or Organism Fields

This grid contains the main details about an organism detected as part of the surveillance for infections:

Table 4-8: Understanding Disease or Organism Fields
Field	Description
Acquisition Source	Whether the infection is `Community Acquired`, `Health-care Acquired` or `Maternally Acquired`.
Case Classification	The class of clinical case definition used to determine the certainty of the disease: `Confirmed Case`, `Probable Case` or `Suspected Case`.
First Isolated	The date the first instance of this infection is known to have occurred in the patient.
Organism	The name of the organism identifier. If the specific organism has not been identified this can be set to `Unknown` – or some other value as determined by your organization’s infection control policies.
Multi-Drug Resistant	If the organism is known to be resistant to a significant number of antibiotics, this should be set to `Yes`. It is used to differentiate between sensitive and resistant strains of the same organism.