Table 6.
Example of coded variables used in ACnc, Nominal and OrdQn category, which were summed to their total volume.
| Ord | Nominal | OrdQn | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | I | R | A | I | R | A | I | R |
| NEG | NEG | Negative^Nega tive | SEE NOTE | HIDE | CLEAR^Clear | NONE | SS | Syn-S |
| NEGATIVE | HIDE,*, | Normal^Normal | NO | NORMAL | YELLOW^Yellow | SEE NOTE | R | Syn-R |
| NOT APPL | PLTOK | NEG^Negative | NEGATIVE | (null) | 310215^Escherichia coli | HIGH | I | space |
| DETECTED | P1,*, | Few (1+)^Few (1+) | WHITE | CCS | 310784^Staphylococcus aureus | POSS | NONE | >=8 |
| POSITIVE | (null) | neg^Negative | CLEAR | SOK | See description^See description | NEGATIVE | DEL | Susceptible |
| NONE DET | NR | CX7NEG^Negative | US | XT | LTYELL^Light Yellow | <0.1 | <=0.25 | <=8 |
| SEE NOTE | P2,*, | Neg^Negative | LNMP | COMP AT | SLCLDY^Slightly Cloudy | NDO | Resistant | |
| NON REAC | NDE | NR^Negative | NOT APPL | DEL | 760835^Pseudomon as aeruginosa | <=8 | >=256 | |
| 1+ | OBSER,*, | RARE^Rare | HISPANIC | LRCA | Normal^Normal | <=0.06 | Ceftazidime | |
| NORMAL | TRACE,*, | Positive^Positive | IFE DONE | ;BL | No fungal elements seen. | HIDE | ||
They are sorted in decreasing frequency. A: ARUP, I: Intermoutain, R:Regenstrief. “P1” means “one plus” and is a synonym for “1+”,