Canada Health Infoway (Infoway) publishes English Generic Editorial Guidelines. These guidelines should be consulted, along with the SNOMED International Guidelines prior to creating and submitting any new content for submission to Infoway.
References are required when submitting requests for new concepts.
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
Organism Naming Conventions
The non-Linnaean categories of organisms are reflected in SNOMED CT concepts which identifies a staining property, a physiological characteristic (that the organism requires oxygen) and a description of the organism’s morphology (that it is rod-shaped). These are among the properties used in a laboratory to determine the identity of a bacterial organism in a specimen, culture, or isolate. e.g Gram-negative aerobic rod (organism) or Deoxyribonucleic acid virus (organism)