Class: Device

Description of: Device

Class steward is Inter-Enterprise (ADT/Finance/Inter-Enterprise)
A device is anything used in an activity without being substantially changed through that activity. This includes durable (reuseable) medical equipment as well as disposable equipment.

There are a few device concepts defined by HL7 version 2.3 which are suggested for use in HL7 v2.3 as Material.type_cd values if the material is a device of one of the defined kinds and if it is not otherwise specified. See USAMP documentation, Table 38.

Table 38: Devices commonly used to administer medication (from HL7 v2.3 table 0164) Value Description Value Description AP Applicator IVS IV Soluset BT Buretrol MI Metered Inhaler HL Heparin Lock NEB Nebulizer IPPB IPPB PCA PCA Pump IVP IV Pump

OpenIssue: Currently there are no attributes of device that would not also be applicable to any kind of material. This role class is shown anyway, in order to make the use of material for devices obvious. If there are no properties defined for this class by September 2000 it will be deleted from the model.

Attribute definitions for: Device

slot_size_increment_qty :: PQ

Duration for a single schedulable unit in a schedule for a resource.

Association definitions for: Device

is_scheduled_by (0,n) :: Device_slot :: is_scheduleable_unit_for (1,1)

Association links an item of medical equipment to the calendar slots in which it is scheduled. A slot gives the starting date-time, and the length of time the item is scheduled for.

belongs_to (0,n) :: Device_group :: contains (1,n)

is_a_role_of (1,1) :: Material :: takes_on_role (0,1)

is_requested_by (0,n) :: Device_request :: requests (1,1)