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Information about the healthcare providers and facilities involved with the investigation, treatment, and care of patients with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 are usually recorded in electronic health records. The monitoring of medical equipment availability at healthcare facilities, such as Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and respiratory devices, is also of utmost importance during the COVID-19 pandemic. Relevant details, which can be recorded using SNOMED CT include:

These data elements are described below, with example SNOMED CT subsets for each.

2.1.1 Healthcare Profession
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Healthcare Professional
Healthcare Professional

The healthcare profession is the occupation or qualification of the healthcare provider who is involved in the investigation, treatment, care or education of the patient - for example 

Scg expression
224547003 |Intensive therapy nurse (occupation)|


or

Scg expression
76899008 |Infectious disease specialist (occupation)|

.

CV19-PFD-HealthcareProfession
Intensional Definition:


Scg expression
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< 223366009 | Healthcare professional (occupation) |



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SiteOfCare
SiteOfCare

2.1.2 Site of Care

The site of care refers to the location of the specific investigation, treatment or care setting - for example 

Scg expression
22232009 |Hospital (environment)|

,



Scg expression
309904001 | Intensive care unit (environment) |

, or

Scg expression
702917005 |Respiratory disease clinic (environment)|

.



CV19-PFD-SiteOfCare
Intensional Definition:
Scg expression
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< 43741000 | Site of care (environment) | 
OR << 224884006 |Location within hospital premises (environment)|
OR <<  441480003 |Primary care department (environment)|
OR << 440654001 | Inpatient environment (environment) |
OR << 440655000 |Outpatient environment (environment)|
OR << 272497004 | Residential environment (environment) |

Please refer to 2.1.1 Extension Concepts - Provider and Facility Details for a list of known extension concepts.


2.1.3 Health Management Finding

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HealthManagementFinding
HealthManagementFinding

Health management finding includes concepts that describe the circumstances which affect whether the planned patient outcomes are attained, that different areas within a health organization are running appropriately, that tasks are correctly defined and assessed and that resources are used efficiently. -for example

Scg expression
305456005 |Under care of own general practitioner (finding)|


Scg expression
706877002 |Problem with high complexity of treatment regime (finding)|

or


Scg expression
129837009 |Ineffective protection (finding)|

.










CV19-PFD-HealthManagementFinding
Intensional Definition:
Scg expression
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< 129843006 |Health management finding (finding)|


2.1.4 Personal Protective Equipment
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PPE
PPE

Personal protective equipment is protective clothing, or other garments or equipment designed to protect the wearer's body from injury or infection - for example 

Scg expression
409528009 | Surgical face mask (physical object) |



and

Scg expression
255716002 | Latex rubber gloves (physical object) |


CV19-PFD-PersonalProtectiveEquipment
Intensional Definition:
Scg expression
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<< 409526008 | Personal protective equipment (physical object) |
OR << 6919005 | Protective clothing material, device (physical object) |
OR << 706724001 | Face shield (physical object) |
OR << 261382003 | Mask (physical object) |
OR << 52291003 | Glove, device (physical object) |
OR << 15922004 | Gown, device (physical object) |
OR << 706154004 | Shoe cover (physical object) |
OR << 465982004 | Surgical hood (physical object) |