| DESCRIPTION |
Per VHA Directive 2005-044, this file has been "locked down" by Data
DOSE UNIT 2. The top level or parent will be DOSE UNIT 1(#.01).
Associated with each DOSE UNIT 1 will be multiple child DOSE UNIT
2(51.251,#.01) and CONVERSION FACTOR(51.251,#1) pairs. All fields are
required for a given entry or sub-entry.
The DOSE UNIT CONVERSION file will be used to convert one dose unit to
another using a conversion factor so that a comparison can be made
between two dose units when they are not equivalent. The dose unit used
for the Dosing Order Check may not be the same dose unit First Data Bank
(FDB) returns with the Dosing Order Check results.
Standardization (DS). The file definition (i.e. data dictionary) shall
not be modified. All additions, changes and deletions to entries in the
file shall be done by Enterprise Reference Terminology (ERT) using the
Master File Server (MFS), provided by Common Services (CS) or via released
Pharmacy Data Management (PDM) patches. Creating and/or editing locally
defined fields in the file are not permitted.
This file will be used to store CONVERSION FACTORS for DOSE UNIT 1 to
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