Order Catalog Implementation Guide
1.0.0 - STU 1 International flag

This page is part of the Order Catalog Implementation Guide (v1.0.0: STU 1) based on FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) v5.0.0. This is the current published version. For a full list of available versions, see the Directory of published versions

Example SpecimenDefinition: Lab specimen venous serum 2 mL

Page standards status: Informative

Language: en-US

Profile: Laboratory IVD Specimen Definition

status: Active

typeCollected: Venous blood specimen (specimen)

typeTested

type: Serum

preference: Preferred

Containers

-CapacityMinimumVolume[x]
*5 milliliter (Details: UCUM codemL = 'mL')2 mL (Details: UCUM codemL = 'mL')

RetentionTimes

-ValueUnitSystemCode
*24hourhttp://unitsofmeasure.orgh

rejectionCriterion: blood specimen hemolized

handling

temperatureQualifier: room temperature or refrigerated

MaxDurations

-ValueUnitSystemCode
*4dayhttp://unitsofmeasure.orgd