Dose Form Transformation

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Overview

736477006 |Dose form transformation (transformation)| represents a process where a dose form is transformed from that supplied by the manufacturer into a new dose form, usually to make it suitable for administration (e.g. dissolving a "powder for solution for injection" dose form into a "solution for injection" dose form). This may occur as part of the dispensing act or immediately before administration.

|Dose form transformation (transformation)| is a descendant of 362981000 |Qualifier value (qualifier value) that supports fully defining the 736542009 |Pharmaceutical dose form (dose form)| hierarchy. |Dose form transformation (transformation)| is used to model the |Pharmaceutical dose form (dose form)| hierarchy; they are not used to model the 763158003 |Medicinal product (product)| hierarchy.

Modeling

Parent concept	<<736477006 |Dose form transformation (transformation)|
Semantic tag	(transformation)
Definition status	Primitive
Attributes	None

Naming

FSN

Use the following pattern for the FSN where X is the transformation:

• X (transformation)

For example,

• Dissolve (transformation)

• Disperse (transformation)

• No transformation (transformation)

• Disperse or dissolve (transformation)

Preferred Term

Use the following pattern for the PT where X is the transformation:

• X

For example,

• Dissolve

• Disperse

• No transformation

• Disperse or dissolve

Synonym

Synonyms are not allowed unless explicitly identified as an exception in the Editorial Guidelines.

Text Definitions

Preferred; not required.

Exemplars

Stated andinferred view for 761954006 |No transformation (transformation)|

Stated and Inferred view for 764779004 |Disperse or dissolve (transformation)|

Stated and Inferred view for 736854003 |Disperse (transformation)|

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