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SNOMED CT can be used to document drug allergies in the allergy list and serve as an alert trigger to providers. This will allow providers to quickly and accurately identify drugs that a patient may be allergic to, for instance as they prescribe. SNOMED CT is used to identify potential allergy triggers in the patient's medical history and assist providers in determining the safest and most effective treatment options for the patient.

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Healthcare providers should be able to record the details of a patient's food intolerance accurately. This information includes the type of food, examination results, signs, and symptoms produced by the intolerance, time frames, etc., allowing for clear and consistent documentation and communication between healthcare providers. This can improve patient care by facilitating a more accurate understanding of intolerance events and facilitating the identification of potential risk factors. Additionally, the use of SNOMED CT can support research and data analysis on food intolerance, food allergies and cross reactivities.

Scenario 1.4: Documentation of animal allergy

Healthcare providers should be able to record the details of a patient's animal accurately. This information includes the type of animal, exposure, examination results, signs and symptoms produced by the allergy, time frames, etc., allowing for clear and consistent documentation and communication between healthcare providers. This can improve patient care by facilitating a more accurate understanding of intolerance his/her environmental allergic events and facilitating the identification of potential risk factors /situations. Additionally, the use of SNOMED CT can support research and data analysis on animal allergy.

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SNOMED CT can be used to document non-medicinal substance allergies in the allergy list, which can cross-react with ingredients of medications or be an excipient in medications andthus serve as an alert to providers when prescribing a drug treatment. This will allow providers to quickly and accurately identify drug classes or specific branded drugsor drug forms a patient may be allergic to based on previously recorded allergies to non-medicinal ingredients. SNOMED CT is used to identify potential allergy triggers in the patient's medical history and assist providers in determining the safest and most effective treatment options for the patient.

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Healthcare providers should be able to record allergic reactions to other non-medicinal substances accurately. This information includes the type of non-medicinal substance, examination results, signs, and symptoms produced by the reaction, time frames, etc., allowing for clear and consistent documentation and communication between healthcare providers. This can improve patient care and general life by facilitating a more accurate understanding of allergic reactions and facilitating the identification of potential risk factors, situations or products to avoid in everyday life or protection equipment needed during professional exposure. Additionally, the use of SNOMED CT can support research and data analysis on allergic reactions.

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Healthcare providers should be able to record when a patient reports that he/she has no allergy history, with the data and time of the report.

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