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Guidelines for brand names in FSN

I'm wondering if other countries have guidelines for brand names in FSN?


We more and more can't avoid the use of brand names in FSN, especially in lab domain. For example a KC type analyzer can give slightly different results depending on the brand used. 

Our guidelines state not to use brand names in FSN, but I think we will come to exceptions on that guideline. I also read that Snomed Int will add vaccination brands to SNOMED (janssen&janssen, pfizer, astrazenica etc).

How do other countries deal with this?

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