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Penicillin V [Susceptibility] by Gradient strip 7042-5
LOINC Code
LOINC code
7042-5
name
Penicillin V [Susceptibility] by Gradient strip
status
ACTIVE
Fully-Specified Name
component
Penicillin V
property
Susc = Susceptibility
time
Pt = Point in time: To identify measures at a point in time. This is a synonym for “spot” or “random” as applied to urine measurements.
system
Isolate
scale
OrdQn = Quantitative or Ordinal: Test can be reported as either Ord or Qn, e.g., an antimicrobial susceptibility that can be reported as resistant, intermediate, susceptible or as the mm diameter of the inhibition zone. We discourage the use of OrdQn in other circumstances.
method
Gradient strip
Additional Names
short name
Penicillin V Islt Grad strip
Basic Attributes
class
ABXBACT
type
1 Laboratory
order vs. observation
Observation
Associated Observations
LOINC codes that represent optional associated observation(s) for a clinical observation or laboratory test. A LOINC term may represent a single associated observation or panel containing several associated observations.
7187 of 2000 most commonly performed tests by labs in USA
first released
last updated
2.73
last change type
MIN - change to field other than name
change reason
Feb 2016-removed "E-test" from the short and long names because the "ETEST" name is trademarked; Assigned COMMON_TEST_RANK and COMMON_SI_TEST_RANK of 1641 since LOINC 23925-1 was deprecated and mapped to this term as well as LOINC 7041-7.
Related Names
ANTIBIOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITIES AST c2 Epsilometer Estrip E-strip Grad strip ID Infectious Disease InfectiousDisease Islt Isol MIC
Minimum inhibitory concentration PCN Pen Penicilloyl Phenoxymethylpenicillin Point in time Random Sus Suscept Susceptibilities Susceptibility Susceptibilty Wycillin
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