Release 5

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15.16.0 ProductShelfLife

Pharmacy

Work Group

Maturity Level: 3

Standards Status: Trial Use

The ProductShelfLife structure defines the timing and conditions associated with storing of a product or item. It can be used for shelf life of a packaged product itself, shelf life after transformation where necessary, or after the first opening of a bottle, etc.

Note: the ProductShelfLife structure allows modifier extensions.

Structure

Name	Flags	Card.	Type	Description & Constraints
ProductShelfLife	Σ D		Element	The shelf-life and storage information for a medicinal product item or container can be described using this class Elements defined in Ancestors: id, extension, modifierExtension
type	Σ	0..1	CodeableConcept	This describes the shelf life, taking into account various scenarios such as shelf life of the packaged Medicinal Product itself, shelf life after transformation where necessary and shelf life after the first opening of a bottle, etc. The shelf life type shall be specified using an appropriate controlled vocabulary The controlled term and the controlled term identifier shall be specified
period[x]	Σ	0..1		The shelf life time period can be specified using a numerical value for the period of time and its unit of time measurement The unit of measurement shall be specified in accordance with ISO 11240 and the resulting terminology The symbol and the symbol identifier shall be used
periodDuration			Duration
periodString			string
specialPrecautionsForStorage	Σ	0..*	CodeableConcept	Special precautions for storage, if any, can be specified using an appropriate controlled vocabulary The controlled term and the controlled term identifier shall be specified
Documentation for this format

Definition: XML | JSON

UML Diagram (Legend)

XML Template

<ProductShelfLife xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
 <!-- from Element: extension -->
 <type><!-- 0..1 CodeableConcept This describes the shelf life, taking into account various scenarios such as shelf life of the packaged Medicinal Product itself, shelf life after transformation where necessary and shelf life after the first opening of a bottle, etc. The shelf life type shall be specified using an appropriate controlled vocabulary The controlled term and the controlled term identifier shall be specified --></type>
 <period[x]><!-- 0..1 Duration|string The shelf life time period can be specified using a numerical value for the period of time and its unit of time measurement The unit of measurement shall be specified in accordance with ISO 11240 and the resulting terminology The symbol and the symbol identifier shall be used --></period[x]>
 <specialPrecautionsForStorage><!-- 0..* CodeableConcept Special precautions for storage, if any, can be specified using an appropriate controlled vocabulary The controlled term and the controlled term identifier shall be specified --></specialPrecautionsForStorage>
</ProductShelfLife>

JSON Template

{
  // from Element: extension
  "type" : { CodeableConcept }, // This describes the shelf life, taking into account various scenarios such as shelf life of the packaged Medicinal Product itself, shelf life after transformation where necessary and shelf life after the first opening of a bottle, etc. The shelf life type shall be specified using an appropriate controlled vocabulary The controlled term and the controlled term identifier shall be specified
  // period[x]: 
     The shelf life time period can be specified using a numerical value for the period of time and its unit of time measurement The unit of measurement shall be specified in accordance with ISO 11240 and the resulting terminology The symbol and the symbol identifier shall be used. One of these 2:
  "periodDuration" : { Duration },
  "periodString" : "<string>",
  "specialPrecautionsForStorage" : [{ CodeableConcept }] // Special precautions for storage, if any, can be specified using an appropriate controlled vocabulary The controlled term and the controlled term identifier shall be specified
}

Turtle Template

@prefix fhir: <http://hl7.org/fhir/> .

[
 # from Element: Element.extension
  fhir:type [ CodeableConcept ] ; # 0..1 This describes the shelf life, taking into account various scenarios such as shelf life of the packaged Medicinal Product itself, shelf life after transformation where necessary and shelf life after the first opening of a bottle, etc. The shelf life type shall be specified using an appropriate controlled vocabulary The controlled term and the controlled term identifier shall be specified
  # period[x] : 0..1 The shelf life time period can be specified using a numerical value for the period of time and its unit of time measurement The unit of measurement shall be specified in accordance with ISO 11240 and the resulting terminology The symbol and the symbol identifier shall be used. One of these 2
    fhir:period [  a fhir:Duration ; Duration ]
    fhir:period [  a fhir:string ; string ]
  fhir:specialPrecautionsForStorage  ( [ CodeableConcept ] ... ) ; # 0..* Special precautions for storage, if any, can be specified using an appropriate controlled vocabulary The controlled term and the controlled term identifier shall be specified
]

Changes since Release 3

Changes from both R4 and R4B

ProductShelfLife

ProductShelfLife.type

Min Cardinality changed from 1 to 0

ProductShelfLife.period[x]

Renamed from period to period[x]
Min Cardinality changed from 1 to 0
Add Types Duration, string
Remove Type Quantity

ProductShelfLife.identifier

Deleted (removed, not needed)

See the Full Difference for further information