General Specimen Example
{
"resourceType": "Specimen",
"id": "101",
"text": {
"status": "generated",
"div": "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p><b>Generated Narrative with Details</b></p><p><b>id</b>: 101</p><p><b>contained</b>: </p><p><b>identifier</b>: 23234352356</p><p><b>accessionIdentifier</b>: X352356</p><p><b>status</b>: available</p><p><b>type</b>: Venous blood specimen <span>(Details : {SNOMED CT code '122555007' = 'Venous blood specimen (specimen)', given as 'Venous blood specimen'})</span></p><p><b>subject</b>: <a>Peter Patient</a></p><p><b>receivedTime</b>: 2011-3-4 2:03:00</p><p><b>request</b>: <a>DiagnosticRequest/example</a></p><h3>Collections</h3><table><tr><td>-</td><td><b>Collector</b></td><td><b>Collected[x]</b></td><td><b>Quantity</b></td><td><b>Method</b></td></tr><tr><td>*</td><td><a>Practitioner/example</a></td><td>2011-5-30 2:15:00</td><td>6 mL</td><td>Line, Venous <span>(Details : {http://hl7.org/fhir/v2/0488 code 'LNV' = 'Line, Venous)</span></td></tr></table><h3>Containers</h3><table><tr><td>-</td><td><b>Identifier</b></td><td><b>Description</b></td><td><b>Type</b></td><td><b>Capacity</b></td><td><b>SpecimenQuantity</b></td><td><b>Additive[x]</b></td></tr><tr><td>*</td><td>48736-15394-75465</td><td>Green Gel tube</td><td>Vacutainer <span>(Details )</span></td><td>10 mL</td><td>6 mL</td><td>id: hep; Lithium/Li Heparin <span>(Details : {http://hl7.org/fhir/v3/EntityCode code 'HEPL' = 'Lithium/Li Heparin)</span></td></tr></table><p><b>note</b>: Specimen is grossly lipemic</p></div>"
},
"contained": [
{
"resourceType": "Substance",
"id": "hep",
"code": {
"coding": [
{
"system": "http://hl7.org/fhir/v3/EntityCode",
"code": "HEPL"
}
]
}
}
],
"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": "DiagnosticRequest/example"
}
],
"collection": {
"collector": {
"reference": "Practitioner/example"
},
"collectedDateTime": "2011-05-30T06:15:00Z",
"quantity": {
"value": 6,
"unit": "mL"
},
"method": {
"coding": [
{
"system": "http://hl7.org/fhir/v2/0488",
"code": "LNV"
}
]
}
},
"container": [
{
"identifier": [
{
"value": "48736-15394-75465"
}
],
"description": "Green Gel tube",
"type": {
"text": "Vacutainer"
},
"capacity": {
"value": 10,
"unit": "mL"
},
"specimenQuantity": {
"value": 6,
"unit": "mL"
},
"additiveReference": {
"reference": "#hep"
}
}
],
"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.