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Orders and Observations   Work Group | Maturity Level: 0 | Trial Use | Security Category: Business | Compartments: Not linked to any defined compartments | 
Detailed Descriptions for the elements in the NutritionProduct resource.
| NutritionProduct | |
| Element Id | NutritionProduct | 
| Definition | A food or fluid product that is consumed by patients.  | 
| Cardinality | 0..* | 
| Type | DomainResource | 
| Summary | false | 
| NutritionProduct.status | |
| Element Id | NutritionProduct.status | 
| Definition | The current state of the product.  | 
| Cardinality | 1..1 | 
| Terminology Binding | NutritionProductStatus (Required) | 
| Type | code | 
| Is Modifier | true (Reason: This element is labelled as a modifier because it is a status element that contains status entered-in-error which means that the resource should not be treated as valid) | 
| Summary | true | 
| Comments | Unknown does not represent "other" - one of the defined statuses must apply. Unknown is used when the authoring system is not sure what the current status is.  | 
| NutritionProduct.category | |
| Element Id | NutritionProduct.category | 
| Definition | Nutrition products can have different classifications - according to its nutritional properties, preparation methods, etc.  | 
| Cardinality | 0..* | 
| Terminology Binding | Categories of Nutrition Products (Example) | 
| Type | CodeableConcept | 
| Alternate Names | class | 
| Summary | true | 
| NutritionProduct.code | |
| Element Id | NutritionProduct.code | 
| Definition | The code assigned to the product, for example a manufacturer number or other terminology.  | 
| Cardinality | 0..1 | 
| Terminology Binding | NutritionProductCode  :  | 
| Type | CodeableConcept | 
| Alternate Names | type | 
| Summary | true | 
| To Do | To discuss - what if a product has two codes? | 
| NutritionProduct.manufacturer | |
| Element Id | NutritionProduct.manufacturer | 
| Definition | The organisation (manufacturer, representative or legal authorisation holder) that is responsible for the device.  | 
| Cardinality | 0..* | 
| Type | Reference(Organization) | 
| Summary | true | 
| NutritionProduct.nutrient | |
| Element Id | NutritionProduct.nutrient | 
| Definition | The product's nutritional information expressed by the nutrients.  | 
| Cardinality | 0..* | 
| Requirements | Allows identification of the {{title}} as it is known by various participating systems and in a way that remains consistent across servers.  | 
| Summary | true | 
| Comments | Note: This is a business identifier, not a resource identifier (see discussion). It is best practice for the identifier to only appear on a single resource instance, however business practices may occasionally dictate that multiple resource instances with the same identifier can exist - possibly even with different resource types. For example, multiple Patient and a Person resource instance might share the same social insurance number.  | 
| NutritionProduct.nutrient.item | |
| Element Id | NutritionProduct.nutrient.item | 
| Definition | The (relevant) nutrients in the product.  | 
| Cardinality | 0..1 | 
| Terminology Binding | Codes for Nutrition Product Nutrients (Example) | 
| Type | CodeableReference(Substance) | 
| Summary | false | 
| NutritionProduct.nutrient.amount | |
| Element Id | NutritionProduct.nutrient.amount | 
| Definition | The amount of nutrient expressed in one or more units: X per pack / per serving / per dose.  | 
| Cardinality | 0..* | 
| Type | Ratio | 
| Summary | false | 
| NutritionProduct.ingredient | |
| Element Id | NutritionProduct.ingredient | 
| Definition | Ingredients contained in this product.  | 
| Cardinality | 0..* | 
| Summary | false | 
| NutritionProduct.ingredient.item | |
| Element Id | NutritionProduct.ingredient.item | 
| Definition | The ingredient contained in the product.  | 
| Cardinality | 1..1 | 
| Type | CodeableReference(NutritionProduct) | 
| Summary | true | 
| NutritionProduct.ingredient.amount | |
| Element Id | NutritionProduct.ingredient.amount | 
| Definition | The amount of ingredient that is in the product.  | 
| Cardinality | 0..* | 
| Type | Ratio | 
| Summary | true | 
| NutritionProduct.knownAllergen | |
| Element Id | NutritionProduct.knownAllergen | 
| Definition | Allergens that are known or suspected to be a part of this nutrition product.  | 
| Cardinality | 0..* | 
| Terminology Binding | Codes for Allergen Classes (Example) | 
| Type | CodeableReference(Substance) | 
| Summary | false | 
| NutritionProduct.productCharacteristic | |
| Element Id | NutritionProduct.productCharacteristic | 
| Definition | Specifies descriptive properties of the nutrition product.  | 
| Cardinality | 0..* | 
| Summary | false | 
| NutritionProduct.productCharacteristic.type | |
| Element Id | NutritionProduct.productCharacteristic.type | 
| Definition | A code specifying which characteristic of the product is being described (for example, colour, shape).  | 
| Cardinality | 1..1 | 
| Terminology Binding | Codes for Product Characteristics (Example) | 
| Type | CodeableConcept | 
| Summary | false | 
| NutritionProduct.productCharacteristic.value[x] | |
| Element Id | NutritionProduct.productCharacteristic.value[x] | 
| Definition | The actual characteristic value corresponding to the type.  | 
| Cardinality | 1..1 | 
| Type | CodeableConcept|string|SimpleQuantity|base64Binary|Attachment|boolean | 
| [x] Note | See Choice of Data Types for further information about how to use [x] | 
| Summary | false | 
| Comments | The description should be provided as a CodeableConcept, SimpleQuantity or an image. The description can be a string only when these others are not available.  | 
| NutritionProduct.instance | |
| Element Id | NutritionProduct.instance | 
| Definition | Conveys instance-level information about this product item. One or several physical, countable instances or occurrences of the product.  | 
| Cardinality | 0..1 | 
| Summary | false | 
| NutritionProduct.instance.quantity | |
| Element Id | NutritionProduct.instance.quantity | 
| Definition | The amount of items or instances that the resource considers, for instance when referring to 2 identical units together.  | 
| Cardinality | 0..1 | 
| Type | SimpleQuantity | 
| Summary | false | 
| NutritionProduct.instance.identifier | |
| Element Id | NutritionProduct.instance.identifier | 
| Definition | The identifier for the physical instance, typically a serial number.  | 
| Note | This is a business identifier, not a resource identifier (see discussion) | 
| Cardinality | 0..* | 
| Type | Identifier | 
| Alternate Names | serialNumber | 
| Summary | false | 
| NutritionProduct.instance.lotNumber | |
| Element Id | NutritionProduct.instance.lotNumber | 
| Definition | The identification of the batch or lot of the product.  | 
| Cardinality | 0..1 | 
| Type | string | 
| Summary | false | 
| NutritionProduct.instance.expiry | |
| Element Id | NutritionProduct.instance.expiry | 
| Definition | The time after which the product is no longer expected to be in proper condition, or its use is not advised or not allowed.  | 
| Cardinality | 0..1 | 
| Type | dateTime | 
| Summary | false | 
| NutritionProduct.instance.useBy | |
| Element Id | NutritionProduct.instance.useBy | 
| Definition | The time after which the product is no longer expected to be in proper condition, or its use is not advised or not allowed.  | 
| Cardinality | 0..1 | 
| Type | dateTime | 
| Summary | false | 
| NutritionProduct.note | |
| Element Id | NutritionProduct.note | 
| Definition | Comments made about the product.  | 
| Cardinality | 0..* | 
| Type | Annotation | 
| Summary | false |