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Describes a comparison of an immunization event against published recommendations to determine if the administration is "valid" in relation to those recommendations.

Elements

Name Required Type Description
identifier Identifier[] Business identifier
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A unique identifier assigned to this immunization evaluation record.
status code completed
patient Reference< Patient > Who this evaluation is for
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The individual for whom the evaluation is being done.
date dateTime Date evaluation was performed
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The date the evaluation of the vaccine administration event was performed.
authority Reference< Organization > Who is responsible for publishing the recommendations
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Indicates the authority who published the protocol (e.g. ACIP).
targetDisease CodeableConcept Evaluation target disease
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The vaccine preventable disease the dose is being evaluated against.
immunizationEvent Reference< Immunization > Immunization being evaluated
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The vaccine administration event being evaluated.
doseStatus CodeableConcept Status of the dose relative to published recommendations
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Indicates if the dose is valid or not valid with respect to the published recommendations.
doseStatusReason CodeableConcept[] Reason for the dose status
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Provides an explanation as to why the vaccine administration event is valid or not relative to the published recommendations.
description string Evaluation notes
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Additional information about the evaluation.
series string Name of vaccine series
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One possible path to achieve presumed immunity against a disease - within the context of an authority.
doseNumber[x] positiveInt, string Dose number within series
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Nominal position in a series.
The use of an integer is preferred if known. A string should only be used in cases where an integer is not available (such as when documenting a recurring booster dose).
seriesDoses[x] positiveInt, string Recommended number of doses for immunity
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The recommended number of doses to achieve immunity.
The use of an integer is preferred if known. A string should only be used in cases where an integer is not available (such as when documenting a recurring booster dose).

Search Parameters

Name Type Description Expression
date date Date the evaluation was generated ImmunizationEvaluation.date
dose-status token The status of the dose relative to published recommendations ImmunizationEvaluation.doseStatus
identifier token ID of the evaluation ImmunizationEvaluation.identifier
immunization-event reference The vaccine administration event being evaluated ImmunizationEvaluation.immunizationEvent
patient reference The patient being evaluated ImmunizationEvaluation.patient
status token Immunization evaluation status ImmunizationEvaluation.status
target-disease token The vaccine preventable disease being evaluated against ImmunizationEvaluation.targetDisease

Inherited Elements

Name Required Type Description
id string Logical id of this artifact
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The logical id of the resource, as used in the URL for the resource. Once assigned, this value never changes.
The only time that a resource does not have an id is when it is being submitted to the server using a create operation.
meta Meta Metadata about the resource
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The metadata about the resource. This is content that is maintained by the infrastructure. Changes to the content might not always be associated with version changes to the resource.
implicitRules uri A set of rules under which this content was created
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A reference to a set of rules that were followed when the resource was constructed, and which must be understood when processing the content.
language code Language of the resource content
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The base language in which the resource is written.
text Narrative Text summary of the resource, for human interpretation
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A human-readable narrative that contains a summary of the resource and can be used to represent the content of the resource to a human.
contained Resource[] Contained, inline Resources
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These resources do not have an independent existence apart from the resource that contains them.
extension Extension[] Additional content defined by implementations
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May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition of the resource.
modifierExtension Extension[] Extensions that cannot be ignored
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May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition of the resource.

The ImmunizationEvaluation resource is intended to cover communicating the results of an evaluation of a vaccine administration event against a set of published recommendations. Evaluating administered doses in a patient's immunization history is central to ensuring that the patient is fully protected against vaccine-preventable diseases.