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8.2
Medication-Specific Smart Cards
Every medication Smart Card is specific to the active substance and dosage and provides the following
information:
EN:
Language indicator (e.g. English)
XXXXX:
Smart Card identification number
Substance:
Active substance
Dosage:
Dosage in active substance concentration per unit of volume
Deposition:
Inhalation pattern deposition
Inhalation time and –volume:
Selection of inhalation time/volume per breath
Number of breaths total:
Total number of breaths required for one complete therapy
treatment
EN
XXXXX
Substance:
<Substance>
Dosage:
XXX mg in X ml
Deposition:
Peripheral-alveolar
Inhalations:
360/720
Inhalation time
Number of breaths
and -volume
total
per breath
1,5 s - 0,3 l
XXX
2,0 s - 0,4 l
XXX
2,5 s - 0,5 l
XXX
3,0 s - 0,6 l
XXX
3,5 s - 0,7 l
XXX
4,0 s - 0,8 l
XXX
5,0 s - 1,0 l
XXX
6,0 s - 1,2 l
XXX
7,0 s - 1,4 l
XXX
8,0 s - 1,6 l
XXX
Fig. 20: Example of the label of a medication-specific Smart Card.
When using a medication-specific Smart Card, the active substance and dosage, the selected inhalation
time and the remaining number of breaths required to reach the required dosage are displayed at the
start of the therapy. During therapy the active substance, the dosage and the remaining number of
breaths required to reach the required dosage are displayed continuously.