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The SLT segment defines requests, responses, and notifications of sterilization lots and supply item descriptions. This message may be used for CPD (Central Supply) and OR (Sub-sterile area outside of an Operating Room) mode.

HL7 Attribute Table - SLT - Sterilization Lot Segment

Seq#	DataElement	Description	Must Implement	Flags	Cardinality	Length	C.LEN	Vocabulary	DataType
SLT
1	02094	Device Number			[0..1]				EI
2	02280	Device Name		=	[0..1]		999		ST
3	02095	Lot Number			[0..1]				EI
4	02096	Item Identifier			[0..1]				EI
5	02097	Bar Code		=	[0..1]		30		ST

Definition: The unique identifier of the device (assigned by user, not assigned by the software application; e.g.: 01).

Definition: The name of the device associated with the device number in SLT-1 (e.g., VAC).

Definition: A unique number associated with an instance of a sterilization/decontamination cycle assigned by the instrument-tracking system.

Definition: The Item Identifier is a unique code assigned to the material item by the Instrument-tracking software application to identify the item being sterilized or decontaminated.

Definition: The special identification code, printed as a set of vertical bars of differing widths, used on instruments to identify them and provide for rapid, error-free input by a barcode scanning device. The coding can include numbers, letters or a combination of both.