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Queensland Minimum Dataset for Needle and Syringe Programs (QMDS-NSP)
Identifying and Definitional Attributes
QH 020273 v2
Information Asset
Data Collection
Draft
26-Jul-2019		Current
21-Sep-2021
Standard
Information Management Strategic Governance Committee (IMSGC), Queensland Health
01-Jul-2019
Occasion of service data from the largest 25 Needle and Syringe Programs (NSPs) in Queensland - provides unidentified demographic data along with interventions, referrals and equipment provided to persons accessing sentinel NSPs.
Queensland Needle and Syringe Programs
Strategic Alignment Attributes
No
No
Yes
Allows decisions to be made in terms of the volume of injecting equipment that needs to be budgeted for. Supplies strategic information regarding drug use trends state-wide.
No
Yes
Critical to monitoring progress of HIV, HBV and HCV Action plans.
Yes
Collection and Usage Attributes
To enable Department of Health (DoH) and Hospital and Health Services (HHS) to access through a shared repository, information on NSP client characteristics and activity including consumption of equipment in Queensland. The shared repository supports information sharing and reporting across the state.
The shared storage repository (read only) enables NSP facilities within their respective HHS to collect, store and share information at one central point. The QMDS-NSP comprises NSP activity data relating to individual occasions of service.
Queensland
Demographic profile and drug injecting information from de-identified clients of those Needle and Syringe Programs in Queensland collecting and submitting data.

The data elements can be divided into four groups:
a) client data,
b) drug use data,
c) equipment data, and
d) interventions data.

A facility provider data element is also included.
25 largest NSP sites in Queensland.
Queensland Minimum Dataset for Needle and Syringe Programs Annual Report produced since 2007.
Data is collected at every occasion of service.
OFFICIAL
Data which is de-identified at a facility level is electronically available to DoH and HHS. Data is also publicly available on QHEPS through an annual report on de-identified trends.
None.
None.
Data is collected on every occasion of service across 25 NSP facilities in Queensland. However, as per the QNSP policy, a client will not be refused service for declining to provide information.
Occasion of service.
Annual reports.
Data collected monthly and finalised on a calendar year basis.
Relational Attributes
Related Metadata References

Related Metadata References_IR

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ViewRelationshipMetadata Item TypeMetadata Item SubtypeNameIdentifier & VersionApproval Status
SupersedesInformation AssetData CollectionQueensland Minimum Dataset for Needle and Syringe Programs (QMDS-NSP)QH 020273 Version 1Superseded
Relates toData Supply RequirementHHS Service AgreementQueensland Needle and Syringe programs (QNSP) Data Supply Requirement (DSR) 2019-2020QH 020608 Version 1Current
Relates toData Supply RequirementHHS Service AgreementQueensland Needle and Syringe programs (QNSP) Data Supply Requirement (DSR) 2020-2021QH 020691 Version 1Draft
Implementation in Metadata Sets

Implemented

No Metadata Items
Included Data Elements and Performance Indicators

Included DE

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ViewMetadata Item TypeMetadata Item SubtypeNameIdentifer & VersionObligationApproval StatusEffective FromEffective To
Data ElementData Element ConceptNeedle and Syringe Program (NSP) clientQH 041909 Version 1Current01-Jul-2019
Data ElementData ElementNeedle and Syringe Program (NSP) client (address)-postcode of usual residenceQH 041911 Version 2MandatoryDraft01-Jul-2019
Data ElementData ElementNeedle and Syringe Program (NSP) client-age, total yearsQH 041912 Version 1MandatoryCurrent01-Jul-2019
Data ElementData ElementNeedle and Syringe Program (NSP) client-main drug to be injected following occasion of serviceQH 041913 Version 5MandatoryDraft01-Jul-2019
Data ElementData ElementNeedle and Syringe Program (NSP) client-sexQH 041910 Version 1OptionalCurrent01-Jul-2019
Data ElementData Element ConceptNeedle and Syringe Program (NSP) occasion of serviceQH 041914 Version 1Current01-Jul-2019
Data ElementData ElementNeedle and Syringe Program (NSP) occasion of service-date of occasion of serviceQH 041915 Version 1MandatoryCurrent01-Jul-2019
Data ElementData ElementNeedle and Syringe Program (NSP) occasion of service-internal/external referral service typeQH 041925 Version 1ConditionalCurrent01-Jul-2019
Data ElementData ElementNeedle and Syringe Program (NSP) occasion of service-number of 10ml syringe barrels issuedQH 041920 Version 2ConditionalDraft01-Jul-2019
Data ElementData ElementNeedle and Syringe Program (NSP) occasion of service-number of 1ml needles and syringes issuedQH 041917 Version 2ConditionalDraft01-Jul-2019
Data ElementData ElementNeedle and Syringe Program (NSP) occasion of service-number of 20ml syringe barrels issuedQH 041921 Version 1ConditionalCurrent01-Jul-2019
Data ElementData ElementNeedle and Syringe Program (NSP) occasion of service-number of 3ml syringe barrels issuedQH 041918 Version 2ConditionalDraft01-Jul-2019
Data ElementData ElementNeedle and Syringe Program (NSP) occasion of service-number of 5ml syringe barrels issuedQH 041919 Version 2ConditionalDraft01-Jul-2019
Data ElementData ElementNeedle and Syringe Program (NSP) occasion of service-number of winged infusion sets issuedQH 041922 Version 1ConditionalCurrent01-Jul-2019
Data ElementData ElementNeedle and Syringe Program (NSP) occasion of service-other intervention providedQH 042064 Version 2ConditionalDraft01-Jul-2019
Data ElementData ElementNeedle and Syringe Program (NSP) occasion of service-primary intervention providedQH 042063 Version 2MandatoryDraft01-Jul-2019
Data ElementData ElementNeedle and Syringe Program (NSP) occasion of service-principal referral serviceQH 041924 Version 3MandatoryCurrent01-Jul-2019
Data ElementData ElementNeedle and Syringe Program (NSP) occasion of service-provider facility codeQH 041916 Version 1MandatoryCurrent01-Jul-2019
Data ElementData ElementNeedle and Syringe Program (NSP) occasion of service-referral action typeQH 041926 Version 1ConditionalCurrent01-Jul-2019
Data ElementData ElementPerson-Indigenous statusQH 040290 Version 6MandatoryCurrent01-Jan-2021
Data ElementData ElementPerson-indigenous statusQH 040290 Version 5MandatorySuperseded01-Jul-201931-Dec-2020
Source and Reference Attributes
Drug use; Injecting drug use; Injecting equipment; NSP; Needle and syringe programs;