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Orders and Observations Work Group | Maturity Level: N/A | Standards 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: Specimen</b><a name=\"101\"> </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 "101" </p></div><p><b>identifier</b>: <span title=\" text>\n <status value="generated" />\n <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">[Put rendering here]</div>\n </text> \">id: 23234352356</span></p><p><b>accessionIdentifier</b>: id: X352356</p><p><b>status</b>: available</p><p><b>type</b>: Venous blood specimen <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/\">SNOMED CT</a>#122555007)</span></p><p><b>subject</b>: <a href=\"patient-example.html\">Patient/example: Peter Patient</a> "Peter CHALMERS"</p><p><b>receivedTime</b>: 2011-03-04T07:03:00Z</p><p><b>request</b>: <a href=\"servicerequest-example.html\">ServiceRequest/example</a></p><blockquote><p><b>collection</b></p><p><b>collector</b>: <a href=\"practitioner-example.html\">Practitioner/example</a> "Adam CAREFUL"</p><p><b>collected</b>: <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) \">2011-05-30T06:15:00Z</span></p><p><b>quantity</b>: 6 mL</p><p><b>method</b>: <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></p><h3>BodySites</h3><table class=\"grid\"><tr><td>-</td><td><b>Concept</b></td></tr><tr><td>*</td><td>Structure of median cubital vein (body structure) <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/\">SNOMED CT</a>#49852007)</span></td></tr></table></blockquote><h3>Containers</h3><table class=\"grid\"><tr><td>-</td><td><b>Device</b></td><td><b>SpecimenQuantity</b></td></tr><tr><td>*</td><td><a href=\"todo.html\">Specimen/specimen-device-container-example-green-gel-vacutainer</a></td><td><span title=\" 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 \">3 mL</span></td></tr></table><p><b>note</b>: Specimen is grossly lipemic</p></div>" }, "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": { "concept": { "coding": [ { "system": "http://snomed.info/sct", "code": "49852007", "display": "Structure of median cubital vein (body structure)" } ] } } }, "container": [ { "device": { "reference": "Specimen/specimen-device-container-example-green-gel-vacutainer" }, "specimenQuantity": { "value": 3, "unit": "mL" } } ], "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.