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General Specimen Example
{
"resourceType": "Specimen",
"id": "101",
"text": {
"fhir_comments": [
" text>\n <status value=\"generated\" />\n <div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\">[Put rendering here]</div>\n </text> "
],
"status": "generated",
"div": "<div><p><b>Generated Narrative with Details</b></p><p><b>id</b>: 101</p><p><b>contained</b>: </p><p><b>identifier</b>: 23234352356</p><p><b>accessionIdentifier</b>: X352356</p><p><b>status</b>: available</p><p><b>type</b>: Venous blood specimen <span>(Details : {SNOMED CT code '122555007' = 'Venous blood specimen (specimen)', given as 'Venous blood specimen'})</span></p><p><b>subject</b>: <a>Peter Patient</a></p><p><b>receivedTime</b>: 04/03/2011 6:03:00 PM</p><h3>Collections</h3><table><tr><td>-</td><td><b>Collector</b></td><td><b>Comment</b></td><td><b>Collected[x]</b></td><td><b>Quantity</b></td><td><b>Method</b></td></tr><tr><td>*</td><td><a>Practitioner/example</a></td><td>Specimen is grossly lipemic</td><td>30/05/2011 4:15:00 PM</td><td>6 mL</td><td>Line, Venous <span>(Details : {http://hl7.org/fhir/v2/0488 code 'LNV' = 'Line, Venous)</span></td></tr></table><h3>Containers</h3><table><tr><td>-</td><td><b>Identifier</b></td><td><b>Description</b></td><td><b>Type</b></td><td><b>Capacity</b></td><td><b>SpecimenQuantity</b></td><td><b>Additive[x]</b></td></tr><tr><td>*</td><td>48736-15394-75465</td><td>Green Gel tube</td><td>Vacutainer <span>(Details )</span></td><td>10 mL</td><td>6 mL</td><td>id: hep; Lithium/Li Heparin <span>(Details : {http://hl7.org/fhir/v3/EntityCode code 'HEPL' = 'Lithium/Li Heparin)</span></td></tr></table></div>"
},
"contained": [
{
"resourceType": "Substance",
"id": "hep",
"code": {
"coding": [
{
"system": "http://hl7.org/fhir/v3/EntityCode",
"code": "HEPL"
}
]
}
}
],
"identifier": [
{
"system": "http://ehr.acme.org/identifiers/collections",
"_system": {
"fhir_comments": [
" a specimen identifier - e.g. assigned when the specimen was taken this is often not done "
]
},
"value": "23234352356"
}
],
"accessionIdentifier": {
"system": "http://lab.acme.org/specimens/2011",
"value": "X352356"
},
"status": "available",
"type": {
"coding": [
{
"fhir_comments": [
" \n Type is a loosely defined field because there is such a lot of variation in how it is used.\n The principal variation is how much information that could be represented elsewhere is also\n represented here. For instance, here's some possible types:\n lithium heparin plasma (+ .container.additive) (e.g. SNOMED CT 446272009)\n transfusion bag of blood (+ container.type)\n Peritoneal lavage (+ collection.bodySite)\n If the type includes other fields, it would be normal not to populate the other fields\n\n Note that this practice is so widespread that it's pointless to try and stop it "
],
"system": "http://snomed.info/sct",
"code": "122555007",
"display": "Venous blood specimen"
}
]
},
"subject": {
"reference": "Patient/example",
"display": "Peter Patient"
},
"receivedTime": "2011-03-04T07:03:00Z",
"collection": {
"collector": {
"reference": "Practitioner/example",
"_reference": {
"fhir_comments": [
" in practice, collecter is almost always recorded "
]
}
},
"comment": "Specimen is grossly lipemic",
"collectedDateTime": "2011-05-30T06:15:00Z",
"_collectedDateTime": {
"fhir_comments": [
" the time of collection is usually required. Usually a point in time, but can be a period \n (collectedPeriod) if it's a timed collection (e.g. a 24 hour urine) "
]
},
"quantity": {
"fhir_comments": [
" e.g. full "
],
"value": 6,
"unit": "mL"
},
"method": {
"fhir_comments": [
" method is usually implied by type "
],
"coding": [
{
"system": "http://hl7.org/fhir/v2/0488",
"code": "LNV"
}
]
}
},
"container": [
{
"identifier": [
{
"fhir_comments": [
" \n the container identifier is not the same as the specimen identifier\n usually, it is pre-printed/implanted etc.on the container prior to \n use. It might a RFID in the container, or it might be a UDI \n (http://www.fda.gov/MedicalDevices/DeviceRegulationandGuidance/UniqueDeviceIdentification/) \n "
],
"value": "48736-15394-75465",
"_value": {
"fhir_comments": [
" this is a serial number off the tube - there's no context such as a system "
]
}
}
],
"description": "Green Gel tube",
"type": {
"text": "Vacutainer",
"_text": {
"fhir_comments": [
" again, this might easily be used to cover additives and capacity as well "
]
}
},
"capacity": {
"value": 10,
"unit": "mL"
},
"specimenQuantity": {
"fhir_comments": [
" if there's only one container, then this value is the same \n as .collection.quantity (usually). This is for when there is more\n than one container "
],
"value": 6,
"unit": "mL"
},
"additiveReference": {
"reference": "#hep"
}
}
]
}
Usage note: every effort has been made to ensure that the examples are correct and useful, but they are not a normative part of the specification.