brandName"The name of the product kind described. If this is a specific manufactured (brand) product, this would be the proprietary name. For general product class descriptions this would be a non-proprietary name. This attribute may sometimes be used instead of a code and descriptive data elements when no suitable coding system is available...." - HL7 Version 3 (ManufacturedMaterial.name).
description“A text description of the product…. The description attribute is mainly to be used for brief descriptions which users of product catalogs can use to quickly distinguish this product from other similar products in a list of products.” - HL7 Version 3 (ManufacturedMaterial.desc).
equivalentTo“A code specifying in what way the equivalent entity (player) is considered equivalent to its reference entity (scoper). This is used to reference materials submitted from another source (e.g., repackagers, OTC, etc.) Examples: No known or suspected bioequivalence problems; Potential bioequivalence problems have been resolved with evidence supporting bioequivalence; Bioequivalence problems have not been fully resolved.” – HL7 Version 3 (Role.code).
fdaProductCodeThis optional property contains the FDA Product Code (sometimes called the ProCode). The FDA Product Code is used to categorize products under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, including medical devices, drug products, vitamin products, food products, and biologics. It is noted that the Product Code is an optional component of the Unique Device Identifier, so for medical devices, this product code could potentially exist in both properties.
formCode"The principal form of a product, such as dosage form of a medicine.... Notice the difference between an (Administered) Medicine and a PackagedMedicine. Both have formCodes. A box or vial is usually not a medicine Product.formCode but a PackagedProduct.formCode, unless the entire box or the entire vial is meant for direct administration as a single unit. In principle, the formCode is a very coarsely-grained (high level) product class that focuses on physical appearance. At the top, it usually distinguishes between physical state of matter (solid, liquid, gaseous), and, because solids may be amorphous (e.g., powders), would allow distinguishing solid shaped from amorphous masses. The former can be individually handled and counted, whereas the latter (amorphous masses) can only be measured and require primary containers for handling. Thus the formCode has implications for how the product is quantified (counted vs. measured) and whether a primary container (e.g., vial) may be expected." - HL7 Version 3 (ManufacturedMaterial.formCode)."Describes the form of the item. Powder; tablets; capsule." - HL7 FHIR, Medication.form
handlingCode“An indicator of special handling requirements for the product, e.g., keep at room temperature, store upright.” - HL7 Version 3 (ManufacturedMaterial.handlingCode).
kindThis property identifies the "kind" of product so that it might be referenced in health records. Depending on the design of the code system, this product kind might resolve to a generic commodity (e.g., 32 gauge 4mm needles), a specific brand name item (e.g., Pro Comfort Pen Needles, 4 mm by Home Aide Diagnostics, Inc.), or a specific sale-able unit (e.g., 100 count box of Pro Comfort Pen Needles, 4 mm by Home Aide Diagnostics, Inc.). This flexibility does cause an issue for consideration, especially for medications: The design of the Common Product Model allows for a product (e.g., Pfizer Lipitor 40 MG Tablet) to relate to multiple packaged products (e.g., a 30 count bottle and a 90 count bottle). But if the top level Product is at the sale-able unit level, then this "kind" property would contain a code for the 90 count bottle, in which case, there can only be one packaged product instance for each instance of the Product class (e.g., the packaged product would be NDC 21695-255-90 for the 90 Tablet, Film Coated in 1 Bottle sale-able unit)."A code that identifies the kind of this biologically derived product (SNOMED-CT code)." - HL7 FHIR, BiologicallyDerivedProduct.productCode"A code (or set of codes) that specify this medication, or a textual description if no code is available. Usage note: This could be a standard medication code such as a code from RxNorm, SNOMED CT, IDMP etc. It could also be a national or local formulary code, optionally with translations to other code systems." - HL7 FHIR, Medication.code
manufacturerPointer to the Organization (in the Role of Manufacturer) that produced the Product."Contains the manufacturer of the medical substance administered when it is a manufactured substance." - HL7 Version 2.8, RXD-20."Name of vaccine manufacturer." - HL7 FHIR, Immunization.manufacturer"Describes the details of the manufacturer of the medication product. This is not intended to represent the distributor of a medication product." - HL7 FHIR, Medication.manufacturer
riskCode“Indicates a type of hazard or threat associated with the product.” - HL7 Version 3 (ManufacturedMaterial.riskCode).
shelfLife“The amount of time after date of manufacture that the manufacturer no longer ensures the safety, quality, and/or proper functioning of the material.” - HL7 Version 3 (ManufacturedMaterial.expirationTime).
specializationOf“May specify a certain use of the generalization relationship. Since things may be classified in various ways, this code may be used to allow systems with limited understanding of the classes to show the classes in distinguished slots (e.g., product by effect, by mechanism of action, by chemical nature, etc.) Note that this code cannot influence the simple interpretation of the relationship as an "is-a" relationship, i.e., the specialized kind role should not be used to indicate classes that may sometimes hold but not all the time, or that only hold under specific considerations. The latter might be an example of a similarity relationship, for which the "equivalent entity" role should be used instead.” – HL7 Version 3 (Role.code).
status"A code to indicate if the medication is in active use. This status is not intended to specify if a medication is part of a formulary." - HL7 FHIR, Medication.status