BTS: Blood product transfusion/disposition message
This page lists the structures and trigger events BTS defines, taken from the standard. The written commentary that theADT page carries has not been written for BTS.
Recognising BTS messages
BTS announces itself in MSH-9 like this:
BTS^O31^BTS_O31- MSH-9.1
BTSmessage code: what kind of message this is - MSH-9.2
O31trigger event: what happened in the real world: blood product transfusion/disposition message - MSH-9.3
BTS_O31message structure: which segments to expect, and in what order
How to use these specifications explains MSH-9 in full, with a worked example.
Message structures
BTS takes 1 structure.
BTS_O31: Blood Product Transfusion/Disposition Message
Sent when one thing happens: O31: Blood Product Transfusion/Disposition Message.
You must always send: MSH, ORC, BPO. Everything else is optional, or required only inside a group you chose to send.
| Segment | Name | OPT | Cardinality |
|---|---|---|---|
| MSH | R | 1..1 | |
| SFT | O | 0..* | |
| NTE | O | 0..* | |
| PATIENT | a group of 4 segments, repeated together | O | 0..1 |
| PIDin PATIENT | R | 1..1 | |
| PD1in PATIENT | O | 0..1 | |
| NTEin PATIENT | O | 0..* | |
| PATIENT_VISITin PATIENT | a group of 2 segments, repeated together | O | 0..1 |
| PV1in PATIENT_VISIT | R | 1..1 | |
| PV2in PATIENT_VISIT | O | 0..1 | |
| ORDER | a group of 5 segments, repeated together | R | 1..* |
| ORC | R | 1..1 | |
| TIMING | a group of 2 segments, repeated together | O | 0..* |
| TQ1in TIMING | R | 1..1 | |
| TQ2in TIMING | O | 0..* | |
| BPO | R | 1..1 | |
| NTE | O | 0..* | |
| PRODUCT_STATUS | a group of 2 segments, repeated together | O | 0..* |
| BTXin PRODUCT_STATUS | R | 1..1 | |
| NTEin PRODUCT_STATUS | O | 0..* |
R inside a group means required of that group. Send the group and you must include that segment; leave the group out and it never appears. This structure has 5 such groups: PATIENT, PATIENT_VISIT, ORDER, TIMING, PRODUCT_STATUS.
Trigger events
The trigger event is the real-world thing that made the message get sent. BTS defines 1.
| Event | Name | Structure |
|---|---|---|
| O31 | Blood Product Transfusion/Disposition Message | BTS_O31 |