Release 5

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Example Specimen/vma-urine (Turtle)

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

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VMA, Random Urine Sample

@prefix fhir: <http://hl7.org/fhir/> .
@prefix owl: <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#> .
@prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> .
@prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .

# - resource -------------------------------------------------------------------

[a fhir:Specimen ;
  fhir:nodeRole fhir:treeRoot ;
  fhir:id [ fhir:v "vma-urine"] ; # 
  fhir:text [
     fhir:status [ fhir:v "generated" ] ;
     fhir:div "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p><b>Generated Narrative: Specimen</b><a name=\"vma-urine\"> </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;vma-urine&quot; </p></div><p><b>accessionIdentifier</b>: id: X352356</p><p><b>status</b>: available</p><p><b>type</b>: Urine, Random <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"http://terminology.hl7.org/5.1.0/CodeSystem-v2-0487.html\">specimenType</a>#RANDU)</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><h3>Collections</h3><table class=\"grid\"><tr><td>-</td><td><b>Collector</b></td><td><b>Collected[x]</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)  \">2015-08-18T07:03:00Z</span></td></tr></table><h3>Processings</h3><table class=\"grid\"><tr><td>-</td><td><b>Description</b></td><td><b>Method</b></td><td><b>Additive</b></td><td><b>Time[x]</b></td></tr><tr><td>*</td><td>Acidify to pH &lt; 3.0 with 6 N HCl.</td><td>Acidification <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"http://terminology.hl7.org/5.1.0/CodeSystem-v2-0373.html\">treatment</a>#ACID)</span></td><td><span>: 6 N HCl</span></td><td>2015-08-18T08:10:00Z</td></tr></table><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=\"device-example-specimen-container-polycup.html\">Device/device-example-specimen-container-polycup</a></td><td>10 mls</td></tr></table></div>"
  ] ; # 
  fhir:accessionIdentifier [
     fhir:system [ fhir:v "http://lab.acme.org/specimens/2015"^^xsd:anyURI ] ; #    accession identifier - e.g. assigned by the labaratory when it is received.\n     This is common, unlike specimen identifier   
     fhir:value [ fhir:v "X352356" ]
  ] ; # 
  fhir:status [ fhir:v "available"] ; # 
  fhir:type [
     fhir:coding ( [
       fhir:system [ fhir:v "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v2-0487"^^xsd:anyURI ] ;
       fhir:code [ fhir:v "RANDU" ] ;
       fhir:display [ fhir:v "Urine, Random" ]
     ] ) #   \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\n   
  ] ; # 
  fhir:subject [
     fhir:reference [ fhir:v "Patient/example" ]
  ] ; # 
  fhir:receivedTime [ fhir:v "2015-08-18T07:03:00Z"^^xsd:dateTime] ; # 
  fhir:collection [
     fhir:collector [
       fhir:reference [ fhir:v "Practitioner/f202" ] #    in practice, collecter is almost always recorded   
     ] ;
     fhir:collected [ fhir:v "2015-08-18T07:03:00Z"^^xsd:dateTime ] #    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)   
  ] ; #    method is usually implied by type   
  fhir:processing ( [
     fhir:description [ fhir:v "Acidify to pH < 3.0 with 6 N HCl." ] ;
     fhir:method [
       fhir:coding ( [
         fhir:system [ fhir:v "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v2-0373"^^xsd:anyURI ] ;
         fhir:code [ fhir:v "ACID" ]
       ] )
     ] ;
     fhir:additive ( [
       fhir:display [ fhir:v "6 N HCl" ]
     ] ) ;
     fhir:time [ fhir:v "2015-08-18T08:10:00Z"^^xsd:dateTime ]
  ] ) ; # 
  fhir:container ( [
     fhir:device [
       fhir:reference [ fhir:v "Device/device-example-specimen-container-polycup" ]
     ] ;
     fhir:specimenQuantity [
       fhir:value [ fhir:v "10"^^xsd:decimal ] ;
       fhir:unit [ fhir:v "mls" ]
     ]
  ] )] . # 

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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.