USPublicHealthExposureContactInformation

US Public Health Exposure Contact Information

activeElectronic Case Reporting2.1.2resource10 key elements

This Observation profile represents potential patient exposure and contact information and should be used to record information about the patient's exposure to an agent (exposure source) or to record information about those that the patient could have exposed to an agent (exposure target). Recording of this information could assist/support in contact tracing or other control measures.

Metadata

hl7.org/fhir
Canonical URL
http://hl7.org/fhir/us/ecr/StructureDefinition/us-ph-exposure-contact-information
ID
us-ph-exposure-contact-information
Type
Base Definition
Derivation
constraint
Mandatory and Must-Support Elements

Elements with cardinality > 0 or marked as Must Support (S)

PathCard.TypeFlagsDescription
extension
Extension
S
Exposure/contact address
category1..1
S1+
Use AEXPOS for aquisition exposure, use TEXPOS for transmission exposure, or use EXPOS if the type of exposure is unknown
code1..1
S1+
The type of exposure/contact (environmental, activity, event, location, person, animal, etc.).
subject
Reference
S1+
focus
Reference
S
Contains either the patient's contact with an entity (person, animal, or substance) or presence at a location where exposure to an agent could have occurred or the patient's contact with an entity (person, animal, or substance) or presence at a location where transmission from the patient could have occurred
effective[x]
S
Time or period the contact/exposure occurred.
value[x]
CodeableConceptstring
S
Specific exposure/contact
component
S
Possible agent of concern in the exposure
component.code
S
ExposureAgent
component.value[x]
CodeableConceptstring
S1+
Possible agent of concern in the exposure