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International Realm Pharmacy Extensions Profile

Pharmacy Work Group Maturity Level : N/A Ballot Standards Status : Informative
Scope and Usage This profile defines several core extensions for the Pharmacy and Immunization domains More details will be provided shortly. This profile needs to be reviewed by Pharmacy.

Content

Extensions : pharmacy-core-doseType doseType : The type of dose, e.g., initial, maintenance, loading. pharmacy-core-infuseOver infuseOver : For infused medications, the length of time the infusion process, as a duration. Note the difference between infuseOver and duration of treatment (specified in administrationFrequency). An order may call for infusing a patient TID for an hour each time over a duration of 5 days. pharmacy-core-rateIncrement rateIncrement : Change in the dosing rate applied each rateIncrementInterval, e.g., 20 mL/hour. The rate increment is usually an increase for a patient who is initiating tube feeding. The increase is continued until the maxDeliveryRate or rateGoal is reached. pharmacy-core-rateIncrementInterval rateIncrementInterval : Period of time after which the rate increment should be attempted, e.g., 4 hours. pharmacy-core-rateGoal rateGoal : The target rate to reach for this infusion. Note that deliveryRateGoal is typically less than the maximum delivery rate which is the rate not to exceed. For enteral feeding orders, a target tube feeding rate of 75ml/hour may be specified. pharmacy-core-minDosePerPeriod minDosePerPeriod : The minimum total quantity of a therapeutic substance that may be administered to a subject over the period of time. E.g., 10 mg in 24 hours. pharmacy-core-maxDeliveryRate maxDeliveryRate : The maximum rate of substance administration. For volume medications, the maximum rate is to be expressed as a volume per time period. This value may be used as a stopping condition when a deliveryRateIncrement is specified without a count. pharmacy-core-maxDeliveryVolume maxDeliveryVolume : The maximum volume of fluid to administer to a patient. pharmacy-core-refillsRemaining refillsRemaining : Number of refills allowed or remaining after a dispensing event.