How Petszel Identifies Vaccine Records from Chameleon
Petszel identifies vaccine records in Chameleon by checking treatment and medication names against a curated vaccine keyword list. If no match is found, we review inventory fields for vaccine-related terms to ensure accurate mapping.
Petszel uses a two-pronged approach to determine whether a Chameleon treatment should be classified as a vaccine in our system.
1. Matching by Name
We review multiple Chameleon fields—such as treatment item name, tag name, and medication name—and compare them against our vaccine keyword list.
Vaccine name keywords we look for:
We review multiple Chameleon fields—such as treatment item name, tag name, and medication name—and compare them against our vaccine keyword list.
Vaccine name keywords we look for:
- BORDATELLA / BORDATELLA
- CANINE INFLUENZA
- DA2PP / DA2PPC / DAPP
- DHLPP / DHPP
- DISTEMPER ADENO PARVO
- FVRCP
- HGP
- HERPES CALICI PANLEUKOPENIA
- NOBIVAC
- NXT
- RABIES
If a match is found, we map the Chameleon treatment/medication data as a Petszel vaccine record.
2. Matching by Inventory Item
If no match is found by name, we check the inventory fields from Chameleon treatments for keywords that typically indicate vaccines.
Inventory keywords we look for:
If no match is found by name, we check the inventory fields from Chameleon treatments for keywords that typically indicate vaccines.
Inventory keywords we look for:
- RABVAC / RAB VAC
- VAC / VACC
- VACCINE
- VACCINATION
Again, if a match is found, the treatment/medication is mapped as a Petszel vaccine record.Summary
- We check multiple fields in Chameleon against a curated vaccine keyword list.
- If the name doesn’t match, we check inventory fields for vaccine-related terms.
- Using either method, Petszel ensures that vaccine treatments in Chameleon are correctly recognized and mapped into Petszel vaccine records.