1.0 17/07/2002 Temporary Unit This is a code for any unit. Its is used in many elements like cost, duration, content, ... Allowed values are listed below. We will use a national dictionary provided by a combination of lab units from ACTH and drug units provided by bcfi/bcip.You can find a very draft version of that table hereafter: . That string is placed as the value of the element CD of the element UNIT. The Scheme used is specified in the attribute 'S' of the element CD of the element UNIT. The Version of the Scheme used is specified in the attribute 'SV' of the element CD of the element UNIT. National coded values, here you find US fda drug examples for demo purpose CD-UNIT 1.0 %vv PERCENT VOL./VOL. %VV %wv PERCENT WT./VOL. %WV second second millisecond milli second bitperminute bit per minute minute minute degree degree %ww PERCENT WT./WT. %WW amp AMPULE AMP bag BAG BAG bol BOLUS BOL bot BOTTLE BOT box BOX BOX c HOMEOPATHIC DILUTION (CENTESIMAL 1/100) C can CAN CAN cap CAPSULE CAP cc CUBIC CENTIMETER CC cmm CUBIC MILLIMETER CMM cnt COUNT CNT ctg CARTRIDGE CTG ctr CONTAINER CTR dis DISK DIS drm DRUM DRM fld FLUID DRAM FLD flo FLUID OUNCE FLO ftc FEET, CUBIC FTC fts FEET, SQUARE FTS gal GALLON GAL hour Hour gm GRAM GM gr GRAIN GR in INCH IN inc INCH, CUBIC INC jar JAR JAR kg KILOGRAM KG kit KIT KIT l LITER L lb POUND LB lm HOMEOPATHIC DILUTION (FIFTY MILLESIMAL 1/50,000) LM loz LOZENGE LOZ mcg MICROGRAM MCG mcl MICROLITER MCL mcm MILLIMOLE MCM mcn MICRON MCN meq MILLIEQUIVALENT MEQ mg MILLIGRAM MG mg/ml MILLIGRAMS PER MILLILITER MG/ML mic MICROCURIE MIC mil MILLICURIE MIL min MINIM MIN mis MISCELLANEOUS MIS ml MILLILITER ML mm MILLIMETER MM mmo MICROMOLE MMO mol MOLAR MOL nl NORMAL NL nmg NANOGRAM, MILLIMICROGRAM NMG nmo NANOMOLE, MILLIMICROMOLE NMO ns NOT STATED NS oz OUNCE OZ pel PELLET PEL pkg PACKAGE PKG pnu PROTEIN UNIT PNU ppm PART PER MILLION PPM pt PINT PT qs QUANTITY SUFFICIENT QS qt QUART QT sat SATURATED SAT spr SPRAY SPR sqc SQUARE CENTIMETER SQC stp STRIP STP sup SUPPOSITORY SUP syr SYRINGE SYR tab TABLET TAB tbl TABLESPOON TBL tes TEST TES ton TON TON tpn TAMPON TPN trc TRACE TRC tro TROCHE TRO tsp TEASPOON TSP tub TUBE TUB umg UNITS PER MILLIGRAM UMG unt UNITS UNT vil VIAL VIL vpr VARIES PER REGIMEN VPR waf WAFER WAF x HOMEOPATHIC DILUTION (DECIMAL 1/10) X ydl YARD, LINEAR YDL yds YARD, SQUARE YDS day day(s) daily daily % percent 1000/mm3 milles/mm3 g/dl g/dl fl fl pg pg cm cm cm week cm month cm spoon <duration>
<decimal>5</decimal>
<unit><cd S="CD-UNIT" SV="1.0">day</cd></unit>
</duration> This means represents a duration of 5 days.