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Microbiology Editorial Guidelines 

The current page will no longer provide the SNOMED CT Content Development Canadian Editorial Guidelines for Microbiology. All implementers are requested to align to the current SNOMED CT Editorial Guide and follow the guidelines listed in the Observable Entity and Microbiology Test Results.  These These pages describe Infoway’s the National Standards Release Centre (NSRC) approach to applying the Editorial Guidelines from SNOMED International to create SNOMED CT concepts for Microbiology. This includes:

Microbiology References

References

Authoritative references recognized by SNOMED International are required when submitting requests for new concepts so that these concepts

.

SNOMED International

For content that meet the International inclusion criteria, here is the list of a few resources that SNOMED International considers when reviewing the changes applicable to the Organism hierarchy:

Bacteria:

Fungus:

Viruses:

Parasites:

General

can be promoted internationally.

See section 8. References for a non-exhaustive list of references suggested by SNOMED International.


SNOMED Canadian Edition

If you cannot provide any reference from these recognized and authoritative sources, here is a list of some resources that may be considered when submitting requests for new concepts or for modifications applicable to the Organism hierarchy for publication only in the Canadian Edition of SNOMED CT

SNOMED Canadian Edition

For content that meet the only National inclusion criteria, here is the list of a few resources that is suitable for SNOMED Canadian Edition considers when reviewing the changes applicable to the Organism hierarchy. These references are suitable when a request does not meet the inclusion criteria for submission for SNOMED International health
  • Health Agency of
Canadian
Public
  • provincial public health
provincially.