HL7 v2.5.1 Specificationsv2.5.1

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ESU: Automated equipment status update message

This page lists the structures and trigger events ESU defines, taken from the standard. The written commentary that theADT page carries has not been written for ESU.

Recognising ESU messages

ESU announces itself in MSH-9 like this:

MSH-9ESU^U01^ESU_U01
  1. MSH-9.1ESUmessage code: what kind of message this is
  2. MSH-9.2U01trigger event: what happened in the real world: automated equipment status update
  3. MSH-9.3ESU_U01message 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

ESU takes 1 structure.

ESU_U01: Automated Equipment Status Update

Sent when one thing happens: U01: Automated Equipment Status Update.

You must always send: MSH, EQU. Everything else is optional, or required only inside a group you chose to send.

SegmentNameOPTCardinality
MSHMessage HeaderR1..1
SFTSoftware SegmentO0..*
EQUEquipment DetailR1..1
ISDInteraction Status DetailO0..*
ROLRole DetailO0..1

Trigger events

The trigger event is the real-world thing that made the message get sent. ESU defines 1.

EventNameStructure
U01Automated Equipment Status UpdateESU_U01