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Of these, the DEVICE_ID is the most important, being a consistent and unique identifier used across the system to refer to a device. We also often use the TRADE_NAME, as it is more understandable to humans than DEVICE_IDs are. USAGE_CODE, PREF_NAME_CODE (PNC), and GMDN_CODE are various ways to group devices together, in increasingly precise ways, and RISK_CLASSIFICATION is used as a loose “risk level” of devices. The remaining fields are a pair of dates that we seldom use, a flag for whether the device is under the “new” regulations, and an “obsolete” flag, none of which we tend to use in our queries (but we could).

Of these, the DEVICE_ID is the most important, being a consistent and unique identifier used across the system to refer to a device. We also often use the TRADE_NAME, as it is more understandable to humans than DEVICE_IDs are. USAGE_CODE, PREF_NAME_CODE (PNC), and GMDN_CODE are various ways to group devices together, in increasingly precise ways, and RISK_CLASSIFICATION is used as a loose “risk level” of devices. The remaining fields are a pair of dates, a flag for whether the device is under the “new” regulations, and an “obsolete” flag.

=== DEVICE_ID ===

=== DEVICE_ID ===