Release 5

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Example Specimen/vma-urine (JSON)

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

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

VMA, Random Urine Sample

{
  "resourceType" : "Specimen",
  "id" : "vma-urine",
  "text" : {
    "status" : "generated",
    "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:\u00a0X352356</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>"
  },
  "accessionIdentifier" : {
    "system" : "http://lab.acme.org/specimens/2015",
    "value" : "X352356"
  },
  "status" : "available",
  "type" : {
    "coding" : [{
      "system" : "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v2-0487",
      "code" : "RANDU",
      "display" : "Urine, Random"
    }]
  },
  "subject" : {
    "reference" : "Patient/example"
  },
  "receivedTime" : "2015-08-18T07:03:00Z",
  "collection" : {
    "collector" : {
      "reference" : "Practitioner/f202"
    },
    "collectedDateTime" : "2015-08-18T07:03:00Z"
  },
  "processing" : [{
    "description" : "Acidify to pH < 3.0 with 6 N HCl.",
    "method" : {
      "coding" : [{
        "system" : "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v2-0373",
        "code" : "ACID"
      }]
    },
    "additive" : [{
      "display" : "6 N HCl"
    }],
    "timeDateTime" : "2015-08-18T08:10:00Z"
  }],
  "container" : [{
    "device" : {
      "reference" : "Device/device-example-specimen-container-polycup"
    },
    "specimenQuantity" : {
      "value" : 10,
      "unit" : "mls"
    }
  }]
}

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.