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18.8.170 SLT - Sterilization Lot Segment (17.7.2)

The SLT segment defines requests, responses, and notifications of sterilization lots and supply item descriptions. This message may be used for CPD (Central Supply) and OR (Sub-sterile area outside of an Operating Room) mode.

HL7 Attribute Table - SLT - Sterilization Lot

Base Framework
Seq#Data ElementDescriptionFlagsImplementCardinalityLengthC.LENVocabularyData Type
SLT
102094Device Number MAY[0..1] 
EI

Entity Identifier

202280Device Name
=

Truncation not allowed!

MAY[0..1] 999
ST

String Data

302095Lot Number  MAY[0..1] 
EI

Entity Identifier

402096Item Identifier MAY[0..1] 
EI

Entity Identifier

502097Bar Code
=

Truncation not allowed!

MAY[0..1] 30
ST

String Data

Seq#Data ElementDescriptionFlagsImplementCardinalityLengthC.LENVocabularyData Type
SLT
102094Device Number MAY[0..1] 
EI

Entity Identifier

202280Device Name
=

Truncation not allowed!

MAY[0..1] 999
ST

String Data

302095Lot Number  MAY[0..1] 
EI

Entity Identifier

402096Item Identifier MAY[0..1] 
EI

Entity Identifier

502097Bar Code
=

Truncation not allowed!

MAY[0..1] 30
ST

String Data

Base FrameworkBase Standard Profile
Seq#Data ElementDescriptionFlagsImplementCardinalityLengthC.LENVocabularyData TypeImplementVocabulary
SLT 
102094Device Number MAY[0..1] 
EI

Entity Identifier

MAY
202280Device Name
=

Truncation not allowed!

MAY[0..1] 999
ST

String Data

MAY
302095Lot Number  MAY[0..1] 
EI

Entity Identifier

MAY
402096Item Identifier MAY[0..1] 
EI

Entity Identifier

MAY
502097Bar Code
=

Truncation not allowed!

MAY[0..1] 30
ST

String Data

MAY
Base Framework Base Standard Profile
Seq# Data Element Description Flags Optionality Repetition Length C.LEN Table Data Type Optionality Table
SLT  
1 02094 Device Number   O      
EI

Entity Identifier

   
2 02280 Device Name   O     999=  
ST

String Data

   
3 02095 Lot Number   O      
EI

Entity Identifier

   
4 02096 Item Identifier   O      
EI

Entity Identifier

   
5 02097 Bar Code   O     30=  
ST

String Data

   
Seq# Data Element Description Optionality Repetition Length C.LEN Table Data Type
SLT
1 02094 Device Number O      
EI

Entity Identifier

2 02280 Device Name O     999=  
ST

String Data

3 02095 Lot Number O      
EI

Entity Identifier

4 02096 Item Identifier O      
EI

Entity Identifier

5 02097 Bar Code O     30=  
ST

String Data

18.8.170.1 SLT Field Definitions (17.7.2.0)

18.8.170.2 SLT-1 Device Number (EI) 02094 (17.7.2.1)

Definition: The unique identifier of the device (assigned by user, not assigned by the software application; e.g.: 01).

18.8.170.3 SLT-2 Device Name (ST) 02280 (17.7.2.2)

Definition: The name of the device associated with the device number in SLT-1 (e.g., VAC).

18.8.170.4 SLT-3 Lot Number (EI) 02095 (17.7.2.3)

Definition: A unique number associated with an instance of a sterilization/decontamination cycle assigned by the instrument-tracking system.

18.8.170.5 SLT-4 Item Identifier (EI) 02096 (17.7.2.4)

Definition: The Item Identifier is a unique code assigned to the material item by the Instrument-tracking software application to identify the item being sterilized or decontaminated.

18.8.170.6 SLT-5 Bar Code (ST) 02097 (17.7.2.5)

Definition: The special identification code, printed as a set of vertical bars of differing widths, used on instruments to identify them and provide for rapid, error-free input by a barcode scanning device. The coding can include numbers, letters or a combination of both.