type: resourceresource: Substance

Substance

This is a base resource that represents raw materials used to represent a packaged or measured amount of a known substance (e.g. bottle, jar, packet, drum) that is not in a consumable form nor associated directly with a patient. For example, the materials used for a medication that are not yet in an administrable form.

This resource is used for "instances" of substances. The resource is not used to represent a kind of a substance - e.g. a formulation commonly used for treating patients (a "definitional" use). For that use see SubstanceDefinition resource.

A Substance may be identifiable as precise as the specific container it is stored in, while more commonly it would be based on a combination of lot number, quantity, and package type.

Boundaries and Relationships

A medication is a substance that is packaged and used as an administered medication. The medication resource uses the substance resource to represent the actual ingredients of a medication.

This resource represents an instance of a substance. For definitions (type, kind) see the SubstanceDefinition resource, which is purely definitional. A SubstanceDefinition describes the common characteristics of the substance, including those needed for regulatory agencies.

A NutritionProduct distinguishes from a Substance in that a nutrition product is primary consumable purpose is for its nutritional effect.

A BiologicallyDerivedProduct distinguishes from a Substance in that a BiologicallyDerivedProduct has its origins in a biological entity and needs to carry the source’s characteristics to enable matching and compatibility with the biological target to which it will be transfused or implanted, as well as traceability to the source.

StructureDefinition

Elements (Simplified)

Substance [0..*]: - A homogeneous material with a definite composition
Substance.identifier [0..*]: Identifier Unique identifier
Substance.status [0..1]: code required:substance-status active | inactive | entered-in-error
Substance.category [0..*]: CodeableConcept extensible:substance-category What class/type of substance this is
Substance.code [1..1]: CodeableReference example:substance-code What substance this is
Substance.description [0..1]: markdown Textual description of the substance, comments
Substance.expiry [0..1]: dateTime When no longer valid to use
Substance.quantity [0..1]: Quantity(SimpleQuantity) Amount of substance in the package

Mappings

Substance Mappings — 15 mapping entries

Resource Packs

list-Substance-packs.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<List xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="Substance-packs"/>
  <status value="current"/>
  <mode value="working"/>
</List>

Search Parameters

category — token — The category of the substance — Substance.category
code — token — The code of the substance — Substance.code.concept
code-reference — reference — A reference to the defining substance — Substance.code.reference
expiry — date — Expiry date of package or container of substance — Substance.expiry
identifier — token — Unique identifier for the substance — Substance.identifier
quantity — quantity — Amount of substance in the package — Substance.quantity
status — token — active | inactive | entered-in-error — Substance.status

Full Search Parameters

Examples

example — substance-example — General Example
f201 — substance-example-f201-dust — Dust Mite Example
f202 — substance-example-f202-staphylococcus — Staphylococcus Example
f203 — substance-example-f203-potassium — Potassium Example
f204 — substance-example-silver-nitrate-product — Silver Nitrate Product Example
f205 — substance-example-amoxicillin-clavulanate — Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Example
substance-example — substance-example
substance-example-amoxicillin-clavulanate — substance-example-amoxicillin-clavulanate
substance-example-f201-dust — substance-example-f201-dust
substance-example-f202-staphylococcus — substance-example-f202-staphylococcus
substance-example-f203-potassium — substance-example-f203-potassium
substance-example-silver-nitrate-product — substance-example-silver-nitrate-product
substance-examples-header — substance-examples-header

Full Examples

FiveWs.recorded — Unknown
FiveWs.author — Unknown
FiveWs.actor — Unknown
FiveWs.cause — Unknown
FiveWs.version — Unknown
FiveWs.witness — Unknown
FiveWs.where — Unknown
FiveWs.context — Unknown
FiveWs.init — Unknown
FiveWs.why — Unknown
FiveWs.source — Unknown
FiveWs.who — Unknown
FiveWs.grade — Unknown
FiveWs.planned — Unknown
FiveWs.done — Unknown
FiveWs.subject — Unknown

Substance

Introduction

Scope and Usage