Release 5

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Example Ingredient/example (JSON)

Biomedical Research and Regulation Work GroupMaturity Level: N/AStandards Status: InformativeCompartments: No defined compartments

Raw JSON (canonical form + also see JSON Format Specification)

General example of an active ingredient, with presentation, concentration and reference strength

{
  "resourceType" : "Ingredient",
  "id" : "example",
  "text" : {
    "status" : "generated",
    "div" : "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p><b>Generated Narrative: Ingredient</b><a name=\"example\"> </a></p><div style=\"display: inline-block; background-color: #d9e0e7; padding: 6px; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid #8da1b4; border-radius: 5px; line-height: 60%\"><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px\">Resource Ingredient &quot;example&quot; </p></div><p><b>status</b>: <span title=\"  note this doesn't indicate an &quot;active ingredient&quot; as opposed to an excipient (for which see ingredient.role)  \">active</span></p><p><b>role</b>: ActiveBase <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (ingredientRole#ActiveBase)</span></p><h3>Manufacturers</h3><table class=\"grid\"><tr><td>-</td><td><b>Manufacturer</b></td></tr><tr><td>*</td><td><a href=\"broken-link.html\">Organization/example</a></td></tr></table><blockquote><p><b>substance</b></p><h3>Codes</h3><table class=\"grid\"><tr><td>-</td><td><b>Concept</b></td></tr><tr><td>*</td><td>EQUIXABAN <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (substance#EQUIXABAN)</span></td></tr></table><blockquote><p><b>strength</b></p><p><b>presentation</b>: <span title=\"  a single strength is commonly expressed in two ways: \n\t\t\t\t presentation - per item (e.g. per tablet), \n\t\t\t\t and concentration - per unit of measure (usually with a unitary demoninator)  &amp;#10;  these are not different strengths - and have the same real value - but are different ways of expressing the same single strength  &amp;#10;  presentation is meant for humans/consumers, concentration is meant for calculations/experts  \">50 mg<span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow\"> (Details: UCUM code mg = 'mg')</span>/1 tablet<span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow\"> (Details: UCUM code {tablet} = '{tablet}')</span></span></p><p><b>concentration</b>: 5 mg<span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow\"> (Details: UCUM code mg = 'mg')</span>/1 mg<span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow\"> (Details: UCUM code mg = 'mg')</span></p><blockquote><p><b>referenceStrength</b></p><h3>Substances</h3><table class=\"grid\"><tr><td>-</td><td><b>Concept</b></td></tr><tr><td>*</td><td>EQUIXABAN-SULPHATE <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (substance#EQUIXABAN-SULPHATE)</span></td></tr></table><p><b>strength</b>: 5.03 mg<span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow\"> (Details: UCUM code mg = 'mg')</span>/1 mg<span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow\"> (Details: UCUM code mg = 'mg')</span></p></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></div>"
  },
  "status" : "active",
  "role" : {
    "coding" : [{
      "system" : "http://ema.europa.eu/example/ingredientRole",
      "code" : "ActiveBase"
    }]
  },
  "manufacturer" : [{
    "manufacturer" : {
      "reference" : "Organization/example"
    }
  }],
  "substance" : {
    "code" : {
      "concept" : {
        "coding" : [{
          "system" : "http://ema.europa.eu/example/substance",
          "code" : "EQUIXABAN"
        }]
      }
    },
    "strength" : [{
      "presentationRatio" : {
        "numerator" : {
          "value" : 50,
          "unit" : "mg",
          "system" : "http://unitsofmeasure.org",
          "code" : "mg"
        },
        "denominator" : {
          "value" : 1,
          "unit" : "tablet",
          "system" : "http://unitsofmeasure.org",
          "code" : "{tablet}"
        }
      },
      "concentrationRatio" : {
        "numerator" : {
          "value" : 5,
          "unit" : "mg",
          "system" : "http://unitsofmeasure.org",
          "code" : "mg"
        },
        "denominator" : {
          "value" : 1,
          "unit" : "mg",
          "system" : "http://unitsofmeasure.org",
          "code" : "mg"
        }
      },
      "referenceStrength" : [{
        "substance" : {
          "concept" : {
            "coding" : [{
              "system" : "http://ema.europa.eu/example/substance",
              "code" : "EQUIXABAN-SULPHATE"
            }]
          }
        },
        "strengthRatio" : {
          "numerator" : {
            "value" : 5.03,
            "unit" : "mg",
            "system" : "http://unitsofmeasure.org",
            "code" : "mg"
          },
          "denominator" : {
            "value" : 1,
            "unit" : "mg",
            "system" : "http://unitsofmeasure.org",
            "code" : "mg"
          }
        }
      }]
    }]
  }
}

Usage note: every effort has been made to ensure that the examples are correct and useful, but they are not a normative part of the specification.