Data (identification number of isolate, EARSS laboratory code, date and type of specimen, sex and age of patient, EARSS hospital code, hospital ward to which patient is admitted, result of mecA gene polymerase chain reaction [PCR], and susceptibility to several antimicrobial drugs, including oxacillin and vancomycin) are collected through national surveillance systems.
The AVisit contains the information about a given patient visit including patient's demographic data, visit identification number, visit date, syndromes, and sub-syndromes.
The notation is described in detail in the Appendix (see Supplementary data (www.actaorthop.org), identification number 5260).
The dataset does not contain individual or household data (names, identification numbers, or addresses) that can be used to identify the women or the children included in this study.
Both studies were approved by the Ethics Committee for the Region of Southern Denmark (# S-VF-20060111 and 12165) and were registered in the ClinicalTrials.gov data base (Identification numbers NCT00454792 and NCT00459433).
Worse yet is that the call is not providing the vehicle data — the vehicle identification number and such — that makes the system so helpful.
The admission was sharply criticized in Germany, and came less than two weeks after Google had assured officials that it had stored only two pieces of WLAN data: the unique identification number of the device, called a MAC address, and its assigned name.
All personal data (name and identification number) were replaced by a univocal numerical code, making both databases anonymous at source in strict compliance with the Italian Privacy Law (Decree 196, 30/06/2003).
For Supplementary data, see www.actaorthop.org, identification number 5260.
Covariates: Data on personal identification number, age and sex was retrieved from the Central Personal Registry.
HIV status was determined through rapid antibody testing on blood samples collected through voluntary counseling and testing (VCT), linked to the participants' behavioral data by study identification number.
