Files > VACCINE INFORMATION STATEMENT

name

VACCINE INFORMATION STATEMENT

number

920

location

^AUTTIVIS(

description

Per VHA Directive, this file has been "locked down" by Data Standardization (DS). The file definition (i.e. data dictionary) shall not be modified. All additions, changes and deletions to entries in the file shall be done by Enterprise Reference Terminology (ERT) using the Master File Server (MFS), provided by the Common Services (CS). Creating and/or editing locally defined fields in the file are not permitted. Use of locally defined fields that were created prior to the VHA Directive shall not be supported. This file stores Vaccine Information Statements (VISs). These are information sheets produced by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that explain both the benefits and risks of a vaccine to vaccine recipients. Federal law requires that healthcare staff provide a VIS to a patient, parent, or legal representative before each dose of certain vaccinations.

Fields

#	Name	Location	Type	Details	Index	Description
.01	name(+)	0;1	FREE TEXT		B	This is the name of the Vaccine Information Statement (VIS).
.02	edition date	0;2	DATE-TIME			This is the edition date of this Vaccine Information Statement distributed by the CDC.
.03	edition status	0;3	SET OF CODES	C:CURRENT H:HISTORIC		This is the status of this edition of this Vaccine Information Statement (VIS). A status of CURRENT indicates this VIS is in current use. A status of HISTORIC indicates this VIS is no longer in use.
.04	language	0;4	POINTER	.85		This is the language translation of this Vaccine Information Statement (VIS).
2	vis text	2;0	WORD-PROCESSING			This is the text of the Vaccine Information Statement (VIS).
99.97	replaced by vha standard term	VUID;3	POINTER	920	AREPLACETERM	This field is populated when one Term/Concept replaces another Term/Concept. This field is controlled by standardization and should only be changed by standardization processes. This field contains a pointer to a VHA standard term that replaces this entry.
99.98	master entry for vuid(+)	VUID;2	BOOLEAN	1:YES 0:NO		This field identifies the Master entry for a VUID associated with a Term/Concept.
99.99	vuid(+)	VUID;1	FREE TEXT		AVUID	VHA Unique ID (VUID). A unique meaningless integer assigned to reference terms VHA wide.
99.991	effective date/time	TERMSTATUS;0	MULTIPLE	920.99		Describes the pair Status and Effective Date/Time for each reference term.
100	2d bar code(+)	100;1	FREE TEXT		BC	This is the barcode from the CDC VIS barcode lookup table.
101	vis url	101;1	FREE TEXT			This is the URL for this vaccine information statement. The URL may be used to access this vaccine information statement directly over the internet from the CDC website.