# property[].description
Indicates that the code is abstract - only intended to be used as a selector for other concepts

# property[].description
The concept identified in this property is a child of the concept on which it is a property. The property type will be 'code'. The meaning of parent/child relationships is defined by the hierarchyMeaning attribute

# property[].description
A property that indicates the status of the concept. One of active, experimental, deprecated, retired

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Material intended to hold another material for purpose of storage or transport.

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A material intended to hold other materials for purposes of storage or transportation

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A container having dimensions that adjust somewhat based on the amount and shape of the material placed within it.

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A small bag or container made of a soft material.

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A small bag or packet containing a small portion of a substance.

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A container having a fixed and inflexible dimensions and volume

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Container intended to contain sufficient material for only one use.

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A small sealed glass container that holds a measured amount of a medicinal substance.

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Individually dosed ophthalmic solution.  One time eye dropper dispenser.

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A container either glass or plastic and a narrow neck, for storing liquid.

# concept[].concept[].concept[].concept[].concept[].definition
A container intended to contain sufficient material for more than one use.  (I.e. Material is intended to be removed from the container at more than one discrete time period.)

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A container, typically rounded, either glass or plastic with a narrow neck and capable of storing liquid.

# concept[].concept[].concept[].concept[].concept[].concept[].concept[].definition
A bottle of yellow to brown color.  Used to store light-sensitive materials

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A bottle with a cap designed to release the contained liquid in droplets of a specific size.

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A 6-sided container commonly made from paper or cardboard used for solid forms.

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A metal container in which a material is hermetically sealed to enable storage over long periods.

# concept[].concept[].concept[].concept[].concept[].concept[].definition
A sealed container of liquid or powder intended to be loaded into a device.

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A pressurized metal container holding a substance released as a spray or aerosol.

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A container of glass, earthenware, plastic, etc.  Top of the container has a diameter of similar size to the diameter of the container as a whole

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A deep vessel  for holding liquids, with a handle and often with a spout or lip shape for pouring.

# concept[].concept[].concept[].concept[].concept[].concept[].definition
A lidded container made of thin sheet metal.

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A long hollow rigid or flexible cylinder.  Material is extruded by squeezing the container.

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A small cylindrical glass for holding liquid medicines.

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A bubblepack.  Medications sealed individually, separated into doses.

# concept[].concept[].concept[].concept[].concept[].concept[].definition
A bubble pack card.  Multiple individual/separated doses.

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A container intended to contain sufficient material for more than one use, but grouped or organized to provide individual access to sufficient material for a single use.  Often used to ensure that the proper type and amount of material is consumed/expended for each use.

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Rotatable dispenser.  Eg. Birth control package.

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Object that is thin, flat, and circular.  Doses of medication often contained in bubbles on the disk.

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Special packaging that will help patients take their medications on a regular basis.

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A continuous strip of plastic sectioned into individual pouches, each one containing the quantity of 1 or more medications intended to be administered at a specific time

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A container for a diverse collection of products intended to be used together for some purpose (e.g. Medicinal kits often contain a syringe, a needle and the injectable medication).

# concept[].concept[].concept[].concept[].concept[].definition
A kit in which the components are interconnected.

# concept[].concept[].definition
A device with direct or indirect therapeutic purpose.  Values for EntityCode when EntityClass = "DEV"

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A device used to allow access to a part of a body

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A hollow tube used to administer a substance into a vein, artery or body cavity

# concept[].concept[].concept[].concept[].concept[].definition
A line used to administer a substance into an artery

# concept[].concept[].concept[].concept[].concept[].definition
A line used to administer a substance into a vein

# concept[].concept[].concept[].definition
A device intended to administer a substance to a subject

# concept[].concept[].concept[].concept[].definition
A device intended to administer liquid into a subject via a

# concept[].concept[].concept[].concept[].concept[].definition
A device which can contain a cartridge for injection purposes.  Eg. Insulin pen.

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A device used to apply a liquid or powder to a surface.

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A small device used for inhaling medicine in the form of a vapour or gas in order to ease a respiratory condition such as asthma or to relieve nasal congestion.

# concept[].concept[].concept[].concept[].concept[].definition
The device used to inhale the doses of medication contained in the disk form.

# concept[].concept[].concept[].concept[].concept[].definition
The device used to inhale the doses of medication contained in the disk form.

# concept[].concept[].concept[].concept[].definition
A device that is used to raise, compress, or transfer liquids or gases and is operated by a piston or similar mechanism.

# concept[].concept[].definition
Set of codes related to specimen additives

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ACD Solution A of trisodium citrate, 22.0g/L; citric acid, 8.0 g/L; and dextrose 24.5 g/L. Used in Blood banking and histocompatibilty testing

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ACD Solution B of trisodium citrate, 13.2g/L; citric acid, 4.8 g/L; and dextrose 14.7 g/L. Used in Blood banking and histocompatibilty testing.

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50% V/V acetic acid in water.  Used as  a urine preservative

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Sodium Chloride 3.0g, Potassium Chloride 0.2g, Calcium Chloride 0.1g, Magnesium Chloride 0.1g, Monopotassium Phosphate 0.2g, Disodium Phosphate 1.15g, Sodium Thiogly collate 1.0g, Distilled Water 1 liter

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Any medium used to maintain bacterial viability (e.g. Stuart's, Cary-Blair, Amies)

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Formaldehyde 4% w/v; methyl alcohol 1% w/v; phosphate buffering salts. Tissue preservative

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Powdered boric acid (usually 10 g) added to 24-hour urine collections as a preservative.

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Picric acid, saturated aqueous solution (750.0 ml), 37-40% formalin (250.0 ml), glacial acetic acid (50.0 ml). Tissue preservative.

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50% skim milk in 0.01 M phosphate-buffered saline.  Maintain virus viability

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A 3.2% solution of Sodium Citrate in water.  Used as a blood preservative

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A 3.8% solution of Sodium Citrate in water. Used as a blood preservative

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A modification of buffered 10% formalin used as a general tissue preservative.

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Sodium Thioglycollate 1.5 g, Disodium Hydrogen Phosphate 1.1 g, Sodium Chloride 5.0 g, Calcium Chloride 0.09 g, Agar 5.0 g, per Liter of Water

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Any of a number of non-nutritive buffered media used to maintain Chlamydia viability during transportation to the laboratory

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Buffered tri-sodium citrate solution with theophylline, adenosine and dipyridamole

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Any of a number of non-nutritive buffered media used to maintain enteric bacterial viability during transportation to the laboratory

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A 10% v/v solution in water of formalin( a 37% solution of formaldehyde and water).  Used for tissue preservation.

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Thrombin plus soybean trypsin inhibitor.  For use in identifying fibrn degredation products.

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Sodium fluoride, 10mg added as a urine preservative.

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Sodium fluoride, 100mg added as a urine preservative.

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A solution of HCl containing 6moles of hydrogen ion/L. Used as a Urine Preservative.

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6N Nitric acid used to preserve urine for heavy metal analysis.

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A transport medium formulated to maintain Bordetella pertussis viability.

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5% Glutaraldehyde, 4% Formaldehyde in 0.08M buffer. Tissue preservation

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Potassium oxalate and sodium fluoride in a 1.25:1 ratio

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Modified Hank's balanced salt solution supplemented with bovine serum albumin, gelatin, sucrose and glutamic acid. It is buffered to pH 7.3+ or - 0.2 with HEPES buffer. Phenol red is used to indicate pH. Vancomycin, Amphotericin B and Colistin are used to

# concept[].concept[].concept[].definition
Modified Hank's balanced salt solution supplemented with bovine serum albumin, gelatin, sucrose and glutamic acid. It is buffered to pH 7.3+ or - 0.2 with Hepes buffer. Phenol red is used to indicate pH. Gentamicin and amphotericin B are used to inhibit c

# concept[].concept[].concept[].definition
Modified Hank's balanced salt solution supplemented with protein stabilizers, sucrose and glutamic acid. It is buffered to pH 7.3+ or - 0.2 with Hepes buffer. Phenol red is used to indicate pH. Vancomycin, Amphotericin B and Colistin are used to inhibit c

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1M potassium citrate, pH 7.0 2.5 ml, 0.1M magnesium sulfate 5.0 ml, 0.1M N-ethyl malemide  5.0 ml, dH2O 87.5 ml, ammonium sulfate 55gm. Preserve antigens for Immunofluorescence procedures

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A buffered medium with ammonium sulfate added to preserve antigens for Immunofluorescence procedures

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No additive. Specifically identifes the specimen as having no additives.

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0.12 g NaCl, 0.004 g MgSO, 0.004 g, CaCl, 0.142 g Na2HPO4 and 0.136 g KH2PO4 per liter of distilled water. Maintain Acanthaoemba viability.

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A transport medium formulated to maintain Bordetella pertussis viability.

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Diatomaceous earth. For glucose determination blood samples

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Sodium polyanethol sulfonate 0.35% in 0.85% sodium chloride

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Sodium polyanethol sulfonate in saline. Anticomplementary and antiphagocytic properties. Used in blood culture collection.

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Polymer separator gel with clot activator

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Sodium Glycerophosphate 10.0g, Calcium Chloride 0.1g, Mercaptoacetic Acid 1.0ml, Distilled Water 1 liter

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2-Isopropyl-5-methyl phenol. A preservative for 24 Hr Urine samples

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A nutritive medium with a reducing agent  (sodium thioglycolate) which, due to a chemical reaction, removes oxygen from the broth.

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Also known as Methylbenzene; Toluol; Phenylmethane. A preservative for 24 Hr Urine samples

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A buffered salt solution with antifungal agents added for the collection and transport of Ureaplasma specimens.

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Sucrose 74.6g, Potassium hydrogenphosphate 0.52g, L-glutamic acid 0.72g, Bovine serum albumin 5.0g, Gentamicin 50mg, Potassium dihydrogenphosphate 1.25g, L-15 medium 9.9L, Water to 10L. Maintain Virus viability.

# concept[].concept[].concept[].definition
3.8% Citrate buffered to a pH of 5.5 for Westergren Sedimentation Rate

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A manufactured product that is produced from the raw blood oi a donor with the intention of using it in a recipient transfusion.

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A Type of medicine that creates an immune protection without the recipient experiencing the disease.

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A substance whose therapeutic effect is produced by chemical action within the body.

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Any substance or mixture of substances manufactured, sold or represented for use in: (a) the diagnosis, treatment, mitigation or prevention of a disease, disorder, abnormal physical state, or its symptoms, in human beings or animals; (b) restoring, correcting or modifying organic functions in human beings or animals.

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Indicates types of allergy and intolerance agents which are non-drugs.  (E.g. foods, latex, etc.)

# concept[].definition
Further classifies entities of classCode ORG.

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The group of persons who occupy a single housing unit.

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Codes identifying nation states.  Allows for finer grained specification of Entity with classcode <= NAT

                        
                           Example:ISO3166 country codes.

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An organization that provides religious rites of worship.

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The location of a wing of a building (e.g. East Wing).  The same room number for the same floor number can be distinguished by wing number in some situations

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Codes to characterize a Resource Group using categories that typify its membership and/or function

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                           Example: PractitionerGroup