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CodeSystem: ECDC Ward Specialty

Official URL: http://fhir.ch/ig/swissnoso/CodeSystem/ecdc-ward-specialty Version: 1.0.0
Active as of 2022-06-14 Computable Name: ECDCWardSpecialty

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This code system contains specialty codes defined by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), used by Swissnoso in the context of monitoring and prevention of healthcare-associated infections. See original code system in European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. Point prevalence survey of healthcare-associated infections and antimicrobial use in European acute care hospitals – protocol version 5.3. Stockholm: ECDC; 2016., page 40 f.

This Code system is referenced in the content logical definition of the following value sets:

This code system http://fhir.ch/ig/swissnoso/CodeSystem/ecdc-ward-specialty defines the following codes:

CodeDisplay
SUR Surgery
MED Medicine
GO Gynaecology/obstetrics
ICU Intensive care medicine
PED Paediatrics
NEO Neonatology
GER Geriatrics
PSY Psychiatry
RHB Rehabilitation
LTC Long-term care
OTH Other
MIX Mixed

Additional Language Displays

CodeDeutsch (Schweiz) (German (Switzerland), de)French (Switzerland) (fr)Italian (Switzerland) (it)
SURChirurgieChirurgieChirurgia
MEDMedizinMédecineMedicina
GOGynäkologie/GeburtshilfeGynécologie/obstétriqueGinecologia/ostetricia
ICUIntensivmedizinSoins intensifsTerapia intensiva
PEDPädiatriePédiatriePediatrica
NEONeonatologieNéonatologieNeonatologia
GERGeriatrieGériatrieGeriatria
PSYPsychiatriePsychiatriePsichiatria
RHBRehabilitationRéhabilitationRiabilitazione
LTCLangzeitpflegeSoins de longue duréeLungodegenza
OTHSonstigeAutreAltre
MIXGemischtMixteMisto