A medically related item or items, in a container or package.

Unique identifier.

A name for this package. Typically what it would be listed as in a drug formulary or catalogue, inventory etc.

A high level category e.g. medicinal product, raw material, shipping/transport container, etc.

The product that this is a pack for.

The status within the lifecycle of this item. A high level status, this is not intended to duplicate details carried elsewhere such as legal status, or authorization or marketing status.

The date at which the given status became applicable.

A total of the amount of items in the package, per item type. This can be considered as the pack size. This attribite is repeatable so that the different item types in one pack type can be counted (e.g. a count of vials and count of syringes). Repeats are not to be used to represent differerent pack sizes (e.g. 20 pack vs 50 pack) - which would be different resource instances. This attribute differs from containedItem.amount in that it can give a single count of all tablet types in a pack, even when these are different manufactured items.

Textual description. Note that this is not the name of the package or product.

The legal status of supply of the packaged item as classified by the regulator.

Marketing information.

Allows the key features to be recorded, such as "hospital pack", "nurse prescribable", "calendar pack".

States whether a drug product is supplied with another item such as a diluent or adjuvant.

An authorization for this package type.

Manufacturer of this package type. When there are multiple it means these are all possible manufacturers.

A packaging item, as a container for medically related items, possibly with other packaging items within, or a packaging component, such as bottle cap (which is not a device or a medication manufactured item).

Including possibly Data Carrier Identifier.

The physical type of the container of the items.

The quantity of this level of packaging in the package that contains it. If specified, the outermost level is always 1.

Material type of the package item.

A possible alternate material for the packaging.

Shelf Life and storage information.

Manufacturer of this package Item. When there are multiple it means these are all possible manufacturers.

General characteristics of this item.

A code expressing the type of characteristic.

A value for the characteristic.

The item(s) within the packaging.

The actual item(s) of medication, as manufactured, or a device (typically, but not necessarily, a co-packaged one), or other medically related item (such as food, biologicals, raw materials, medical fluids, gases etc.), as contained in the package. This also allows another packaged product to be included, which is solely for the case where a package of other entire packages is wanted - such as a wholesale or distribution pack.

The number of this type of item within this packaging.

Allows containers within containers.