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COVID antigen testing - Pillar 1

Population Size

Not reported

Years

2020

Associated BioSamples

None/not available

Geographic coverage

United Kingdom

Northern Ireland

Lead time

Not applicable

Summary

Details of completed (processed) COVID-19 antigen tests carried out in NHS hospitals in Northern Ireland.

Documentation

This dataset is extracted from the Laboratory Information Systems in Northern Ireland hospitals on a daily basis. It contains details of COVID-19 antigen tests carried out in each of the hospital laboratories, including those processed on behalf of primary care, social care and community settings.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-testing-data-methodology/covid-19-testing-data-methodology-note
Dataset type
Health and disease
Dataset sub-type
Not applicable

Keywords

Northern Ireland, COVID-19, Antigen, Pillar 1, NCS, Occupation, National Core Study

Observations

Observed Node
Disambiguating Description
Measured Value
Measured Property
Observation Date

Events

Count of completed (processed) COVID-19 antigen tests carried out in NHS hospitals in Northern Ireland

1

Count

16 Jun 2021

Provenance

Purpose of dataset collection
Care
Source of data extraction
LIMS
Collection source setting
Secondary care - Outpatients, Services
Patient pathway description
Dataset relates to a single type of antigen testing
Image contrast
Not stated
Biological sample availability
None/not available

Structural Metadata

Details

Publishing frequency
Irregular
Version
4.0.0
Modified

08/10/2024

Citation Requirements
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The authors would like to acknowledge the help provided by the staff of the Honest Broker Service (HBS) within the Business Services Organisation Northern Ireland (BSO). The HBS is funded by the BSO and the Department of Health (DoH). The authors alone are responsible for the interpretation of the data and any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the BSO.

Coverage

Start date

05/01/2020

Time lag
Not applicable
Geographic coverage
United Kingdom, Northern Ireland
Maximum age range
150
Follow-up
Unknown

Accessibility

Language
en
Controlled vocabulary
LOCAL
Format
text, csv

Data Access Request

Dataset pipeline status
Not available
Time to dataset access
Not applicable
Access method category
TRE/SDE
Access service description
Remote access can now be granted via an HSCNI tenancy of the UK Secure e-Research Platform (UK SeRP), the HBS still offer the physical safe setting in Belfast for local research.
Jurisdiction
GB-NIR
Data use limitation
Research use only
Data use requirements
Project-specific restrictions
Data Controller
HSC Health Trusts (Belfast, Northern, South Eastern, Southern and Western)
Data Processor
HSC Honest Broker Service

Dataset Types: Health and disease


Collection Sources: No collection sources listed