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Immunoglobulins

This content is intended to be used to query the immunoglobulins as active ingredient substances of passive agents that were administered in order to facilitate immunization forecast management. It consists of concepts from the Substance class and the SNOMED CT Substance hierarchy.

Scope Definition:

The scope of this subset is to describe antibodies associated with the passive immunizing agents (based on PassiveHistoricalImmunizingAgentCode subset) that may be administered to or have been received by a patient. Passive immunizing agents are used to facilitate protection against vaccine preventable infections, when vaccines are not available or are contraindicated or when vaccines have not been used before exposure to the infective agent. This is to facilitate population of a comprehensive immunization history, forecasting and inventory management.   

General rules applied to this section

The antibodies in this subset reflect passive agent products included in the Canadian Immunization Guide (CIG).

Fully Specified Name

The format for the Fully Specified Name (FSN) is as follows:

Immunoglobulin Name (substance)

E.g.: Botulinum antitoxin (substance)

E.g.: Human immunoglobulin (substance)

FSN Components

Immunoglobulin Name

  • The word “antitoxin” or “immunoglobulin“ or ‘’immune globulin’’  is included in the FSN
  • There is be no trade name nor manufacturer included in the FSN 
  • There is no parentheses (…) other than for the semantic tag

(substance)

  • This is the semantic tag representing the context of use within SNOMED CT: for any concept that is within the substance hierarchy.

Preferred Synonym (English)

The format for the Preferred Synonym (PS) is as follows:

Immunoglobulin Name

E.g.: Botulism antitoxin

E.g.: Rabies immunoglobulin

PS Components

  • There is no PHAC abbreviation
  • The word “antitoxin” or “immunoglobulin“ or ‘’immune globulin’’  or ‘’antibody’’  is included in the all CA Edition concept PS

Immunoglobulin Name

  • The PS reflects the common terms used in the CIG

For example: Immune globulin 

Preferred Synonym (French)

  • La plupart des synonymes privilégiés en français proviennent de la traduction originale (projet 2009), à quelques exceptions près.
    • Un synonyme peut être créé et ajouté au concept lorsque la traduction originale ne correspond plus à l’usage commun ou n’est pas assez spécifique au domaine d’application
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