Specimen
A sample to be used for analysis.
Properties
| Name | Card | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| id | 0..1 | string | Logical id of this artifact |
| meta | 0..1 | Meta | Metadata about the resource |
| implicitRules | 0..1 | uri | A set of rules under which this content was created |
| language | 0..1 | code | Language of the resource content |
| text | 0..1 | Narrative | Text summary of the resource, for human interpretation |
| contained | 0..* | Resource | Contained, inline Resources |
| extension | 0..* | Extension | Additional content defined by implementations |
| modifierExtension | 0..* | Extension | Extensions that cannot be ignored |
| identifier | 0..* | Identifier | External Identifier |
| accessionIdentifier | 0..1 | Identifier | Identifier assigned by the lab |
| status | 0..1 | code | available | unavailable | unsatisfactory | entered-in-error |
| type | 0..1 | CodeableConcept | Kind of material that forms the specimen |
| subject | 0..1 | Reference | Where the specimen came from. This may be from patient(s), from a location (e.g., the |
source of an environmental sample), or a sampling of a substance or a device | receivedTime | 0..1 | dateTime | The time when specimen was received for processing | parent | 0.. | Reference | Specimen from which this specimen originated | request | 0.. | Reference | Why the specimen was collected | collection | 0..1 | BackboneElement | Collection details | processing | 0.. | BackboneElement | Processing and processing step details | container | 0.. | BackboneElement | Direct container of specimen (tube/slide, etc.) | condition | 0.. | CodeableConcept | State of the specimen | note | 0.. | Annotation | Comments
Search Parameters
| Name | Type | Description | Expression |
|---|---|---|---|
| accession | token | The accession number associated with the specimen | Specimen.accessionIdentifier |
| bodysite | token | The code for the body site from where the specimen originated | Specimen.collection.bodySite |
| collected | date | The date the specimen was collected | Specimen.collection.collected |
| collector | reference | Who collected the specimen | Specimen.collection.collector |
| container | token | The kind of specimen container | Specimen.container.type |
| container-id | token | The unique identifier associated with the specimen container | Specimen.container.identifier |
| identifier | token | The unique identifier associated with the specimen | Specimen.identifier |
| parent | reference | The parent of the specimen | Specimen.parent |
| patient | reference | The patient the specimen comes from | Specimen.subject |
| status | token | available | unavailable | unsatisfactory | entered-in-error | Specimen.status |
| subject | reference | The subject of the specimen | Specimen.subject |
| type | token | The specimen type | Specimen.type |