Table 2:
Sensitive categories’ definitions and examples.
Sensitive Classification | Description |
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Sensitive | The information is classified using one or more Consent2Share value sets Examples: ▪ ‘Depression’ can be classified as ‘mental health’ information and therefore ‘sensitive’ ▪ ‘Human papilloma virus 16 and 18+45 E6+E7 mRNA in Cervix by NAA with probe detection’ is considered ‘sensitive’. It can be classified as ‘sexual and reproductive health’ and ‘HIV/AIDs and other communicable disease’ information. |
Not sensitive | The information is classified as ‘other information’ Example: ‘Hypertension’ can be classified as ‘other information’ and therefore ‘not sensitive’ |
Possibly Sensitive | The information is classified into more than one Consent2Share value sets, depending on contextual information that is not available at the time of classification, and is also considered as ‘other information’. Example: The medication ‘Vicodin’ (ingredient: hydrocodone/paracetamol) can be classified as both ‘drug abuse’ and ‘other information’. Abuse of Vicodin medication can be considered ‘sensitive’ information, while the use of Vicodin to manage pain could be categorized as ‘not sensitive’.27 |