HL7 v2.5.1 Specificationsv2.5.1

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INU: Automated equipment inventory update message

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

Recognising INU messages

INU announces itself in MSH-9 like this:

MSH-9INU^U05^INU_U05
  1. MSH-9.1INUmessage code: what kind of message this is
  2. MSH-9.2U05trigger event: what happened in the real world: automated equipment inventory update
  3. MSH-9.3INU_U05message 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

INU takes 1 structure.

INU_U05: Automated Equipment Inventory Update

Sent when one thing happens: U05: Automated Equipment Inventory Update.

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

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

Trigger events

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

EventNameStructure
U05Automated Equipment Inventory UpdateINU_U05