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Orders and Observations Work Group | Maturity Level: N/A | Ballot Status: Informative | Compartments: Device, Patient, Practitioner |
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General Specimen Example
{ "resourceType": "Specimen", "id": "101", "text": { "status": "generated", "div": "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><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', given as 'Venous blood specimen'})</span></p><p><b>subject</b>: <a>Peter Patient</a></p><p><b>receivedTime</b>: 04/03/2011 7:03:00 AM</p><p><b>request</b>: <a>ServiceRequest/example</a></p><h3>Collections</h3><table><tr><td>-</td><td><b>Collector</b></td><td><b>Collected[x]</b></td><td><b>Quantity</b></td><td><b>Method</b></td><td><b>BodySite</b></td></tr><tr><td>*</td><td><a>Practitioner/example</a></td><td>30/05/2011 6:15:00 AM</td><td>6 mL</td><td>Line, Venous <span>(Details : {http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v2-0488 code 'LNV' = 'Line, Venous)</span></td><td>Right median cubital vein <span>(Details : {SNOMED CT code '49852007' = 'Median cubital vein', given as 'Structure of median cubital vein (body structure)'})</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://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-EntityCode code 'HEPL' = 'Lithium/Li Heparin)</span></td></tr></table><p><b>note</b>: Specimen is grossly lipemic</p></div>" }, "contained": [ { "resourceType": "Substance", "id": "hep", "code": { "coding": [ { "system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-EntityCode", "code": "HEPL" } ] } } ], "identifier": [ { "system": "http://ehr.acme.org/identifiers/collections", "value": "23234352356" } ], "accessionIdentifier": { "system": "http://lab.acme.org/specimens/2011", "value": "X352356" }, "status": "available", "type": { "coding": [ { "system": "http://snomed.info/sct", "code": "122555007", "display": "Venous blood specimen" } ] }, "subject": { "reference": "Patient/example", "display": "Peter Patient" }, "receivedTime": "2011-03-04T07:03:00Z", "request": [ { "reference": "ServiceRequest/example" } ], "collection": { "collector": { "reference": "Practitioner/example" }, "collectedDateTime": "2011-05-30T06:15:00Z", "quantity": { "value": 6, "unit": "mL" }, "method": { "coding": [ { "system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v2-0488", "code": "LNV" } ] }, "bodySite": { "coding": [ { "system": "http://snomed.info/sct", "code": "49852007", "display": "Structure of median cubital vein (body structure)" } ], "text": "Right median cubital vein" } }, "container": [ { "identifier": [ { "value": "48736-15394-75465" } ], "description": "Green Gel tube", "type": { "text": "Vacutainer" }, "capacity": { "value": 10, "unit": "mL" }, "specimenQuantity": { "value": 6, "unit": "mL" }, "additiveReference": { "reference": "#hep" } } ], "note": [ { "text": "Specimen is grossly lipemic" } ] }
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.