Release 5 Ballot

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Example Specimen/isolate (JSON)

Orders and Observations Work GroupMaturity Level: N/AStandards Status: InformativeCompartments: Device, Patient, Practitioner

Raw JSON (canonical form + also see JSON Format Specification)

Bacterial Isolate from Stool sample

{
  "resourceType": "Specimen",
  "id": "isolate",
  "text": {
    "status": "generated",
    "div": "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p><b>Generated Narrative: Specimen</b><a name=\"isolate\"> </a></p><div style=\"display: inline-block; background-color: #d9e0e7; padding: 6px; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid #8da1b4; border-radius: 5px; line-height: 60%\"><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px\">Resource Specimen &quot;isolate&quot; </p></div><p><b>accessionIdentifier</b>: id: X352356-ISO1</p><p><b>status</b>: available</p><p><b>type</b>: Bacterial isolate specimen <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/\">SNOMED CT</a>#429951000124103)</span></p><p><b>subject</b>: <a href=\"patient-example.html\">Patient/example</a> &quot;Peter CHALMERS&quot;</p><p><b>receivedTime</b>: 2015-08-18T07:03:00Z</p><p><b>parent</b>: <a name=\"stool\"> </a></p><blockquote><p/><p><a name=\"stool\"> </a></p><p><b>accessionIdentifier</b>: id: X352356</p><p><b>status</b>: unavailable</p><p><b>type</b>: Stool specimen <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/\">SNOMED CT</a>#119339001)</span></p><p><b>subject</b>: <a href=\"patient-example.html\">Patient/example</a> &quot;Peter CHALMERS&quot;</p><p><b>receivedTime</b>: 2015-08-16T07:03:00Z</p><h3>Collections</h3><table class=\"grid\"><tr><td>-</td><td><b>Collector</b></td><td><b>Collected[x]</b></td><td><b>Method</b></td></tr><tr><td>*</td><td><span>: Patient</span></td><td><span title=\"    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)    \">2011-08-16T06:15:00Z</span></td><td><span title=\"    method is usually implied by type    \">Line, Venous <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"http://terminology.hl7.org/3.1.0/CodeSystem-v2-0488.html\">specimenCollectionMethod</a>#LNV)</span></span></td></tr></table></blockquote><p><b>role</b>: Patient <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> ([not stated]#p)</span></p><h3>Collections</h3><table class=\"grid\"><tr><td>-</td><td><b>Collector</b></td><td><b>Collected[x]</b></td><td><b>Method</b></td></tr><tr><td>*</td><td><a href=\"practitioner-example-f202-lm.html\">Practitioner/f202</a> &quot;Luigi Maas&quot;</td><td><span title=\"    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)    \">2015-08-16T07:03:00Z</span></td><td><span title=\"    method is usually implied by type    \">Plates, Blood Agar <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"http://terminology.hl7.org/3.1.0/CodeSystem-v2-0488.html\">specimenCollectionMethod</a>#BAP)</span></span></td></tr></table><p><b>note</b>: Patient dropped off specimen</p></div>"
  },
  "contained": [
    {
      "resourceType": "Specimen",
      "id": "stool",
      "accessionIdentifier": {
        "system": "http://lab.acme.org/specimens/2015",
        "value": "X352356"
      },
      "status": "unavailable",
      "type": {
        "coding": [
          {
            "system": "http://snomed.info/sct",
            "code": "119339001",
            "display": "Stool specimen"
          }
        ]
      },
      "subject": {
        "reference": "Patient/example"
      },
      "receivedTime": "2015-08-16T07:03:00Z",
      "collection": {
        "collector": {
          "display": "Patient"
        },
        "collectedDateTime": "2011-08-16T06:15:00Z",
        "method": {
          "coding": [
            {
              "system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v2-0488",
              "code": "LNV"
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  ],
  "accessionIdentifier": {
    "system": "http://lab.acme.org/specimens/2011",
    "value": "X352356-ISO1"
  },
  "status": "available",
  "type": {
    "coding": [
      {
        "system": "http://snomed.info/sct",
        "code": "429951000124103",
        "display": "Bacterial isolate specimen"
      }
    ]
  },
  "subject": {
    "reference": "Patient/example"
  },
  "receivedTime": "2015-08-18T07:03:00Z",
  "parent": [
    {
      "reference": "#stool"
    }
  ],
  "role": [
    {
      "coding": [
        {
          "code": "p",
          "display": "Patient"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "collection": {
    "collector": {
      "reference": "Practitioner/f202"
    },
    "collectedDateTime": "2015-08-16T07:03:00Z",
    "method": {
      "coding": [
        {
          "system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v2-0488",
          "code": "BAP"
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "note": [
    {
      "text": "Patient dropped off specimen"
    }
  ]
}

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.