Stream: implementers
Topic: Device packaging for disposables
Simone Heckmann (Jun 06 2018 at 16:04):
According to the scope of Device, it also covers disposable equipment. However Device has no information on package size, which IMO is vital for this use case, as such things often come in bulk packages.
Are things like gloves, catheters and cannulas out of scope for device? If so, where does this stuff go?
Eric Haas (Jun 06 2018 at 16:10):
In scope
Eric Haas (Jun 06 2018 at 16:12):
had some discussion about BulkSupply vs Device a few years back.
Eric Haas (Jun 06 2018 at 16:13):
assume would be in code. @Jose Costa Teixeira ?
Simone Heckmann (Jun 06 2018 at 17:03):
Um. What code?
Eric Haas (Jun 06 2018 at 17:08):
type could be a case of syringes or box of gloves.
Jose Costa Teixeira (Jun 06 2018 at 23:20):
The code for box of gloves should be different from the code for a glove if the latter exists
Jose Costa Teixeira (Jun 06 2018 at 23:22):
So far we have discussed the notion of quantity in 2 places:
Jose Costa Teixeira (Jun 06 2018 at 23:30):
1. in supply (order and delivery) quantity
Jose Costa Teixeira (Jun 06 2018 at 23:30):
2. in kind vs Instance, where instance can have quantity, e.g. "for this patient I used 2 of these items"
Jose Costa Teixeira (Jun 06 2018 at 23:31):
we haven't however addressed the definitional part of quantities, e.g. "100 gloves per box".
Jose Costa Teixeira (Jun 06 2018 at 23:32):
This is typically done in catalogs, so we may defer to that,
Jose Costa Teixeira (Jun 06 2018 at 23:33):
or we can (probably best) allow that a device is defined as having a certain number of units of another device.
in practice this means that our device resource would contain something like a "quantity per pack" and probably a link to the pack definition.
Jose Costa Teixeira (Jun 06 2018 at 23:34):
that way we can define pallets of cartons of boxes of items.
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