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Example Observation/f206 (XML)
Raw XML (canonical form + also see XML Format Specification)
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Real-world patient - staphylococcus (id = "f206")
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Observation xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
<id value="f206"/>
<text> <status value="generated"/> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> <b> Generated Narrative: Observation</b> <a name="f206"> </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 Observation "f206" </p> </div> <p> <b> status</b> : final</p> <p> <b> code</b> : Blood culture <span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki"> (acmelabs.org#104177; <a href="https://loinc.org/">LOINC</a> #600-7 "Bacteria identified in Blood by Culture")</span> </p> <p> <b> subject</b> : <span title=" No identifier could be provided to this observation "><a href="patient-example-f201-roel.html">Patient/f201: Roel</a> "Roel"</span> </p> <p> <b> issued</b> : 11 Mar 2013, 8:28:00 pm</p> <p> <b> performer</b> : <a href="practitioner-example-f202-lm.html">Practitioner/f202: Luigi Maas</a> "Luigi Maas"</p> <p> <b> value</b> : Staphylococcus aureus <span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki"> (<a href="https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/">SNOMED CT</a> #3092008)</span> </p> <p> <b> interpretation</b> : Positive <span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki"> (<a href="http://terminology.hl7.org/4.0.0/CodeSystem-v3-ObservationInterpretation.html">ObservationInterpretation</a> #POS)</span> </p> <p> <b> method</b> : <span title=" BodySite not relevant ">Blood culture for bacteria, including anaerobic screen <span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki"> (<a href="https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/">SNOMED CT</a> #104177005)</span> </span> </p> </div> </text> <status value="final"/>
<code> <coding>
<system value="http://acmelabs.org"/>
<code value="104177"/>
<display value="Blood culture"/>
</coding>
<coding>
<system value="http://loinc.org"/>
<code value="600-7"/>
<display value="Bacteria identified in Blood by Culture"/>
</coding>
</code> <subject>
<reference value="Patient/f201"/>
<display value="Roel"/>
</subject>
<issued value="2013-03-11T10:28:00+01:00"/>
<performer>
<reference value="Practitioner/f202"/>
<display value="Luigi Maas"/>
</performer>
<valueCodeableConcept>
<coding>
<system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/>
<code value="3092008"/>
<display value="Staphylococcus aureus"/>
</coding>
</valueCodeableConcept>
<interpretation>
<coding>
<system value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ObservationInterpretation"/>
<code value="POS"/>
</coding>
</interpretation> <method>
<coding>
<system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/>
<code value="104177005"/>
<display value="Blood culture for bacteria, including anaerobic screen"/>
</coding>
</method> </Observation>
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examples are correct and useful, but they are not a normative part
of the specification.