NPU

Bed Status Update

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2.4Oct2000

2.5Aug2003

2.5.1May2007

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The NPU segment allows the updating of census (bed status) data without sending patient-specific data. An example might include changing the status of a bed from _housekeeping_ to _unoccupied._

RRequiredOOptionalCConditionalWWithdrawn|#Date/Time*Backward compat.+Filler

		C.Len						Element
1	..80	-	PL	R	1	-	00209	NPU-1	Bed Location
2	..1	-	IS	O	1	0116	00170	NPU-2	Bed Status

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