Specimen Collection is used when a set of laboratory or pathology observations produced
on one or more specimens need to be associated with the minimal characteristics of
the specimen(s): specimen source site and type of specimen. In addition this template enables to convey when the specimen was collected. In a patient summary there is no need to provide more data than these 4:
collection method,
source site,
type of specimen and
time of collection.
An occurrence of this template describes one specimen collected, used by the set of
observations present in the same Result Organizer.
Context
Parent nodes of template element with id 2.16.840.1.113883.10.22.4.30
Classification
CDA Entry Level Template
Open/Closed
Open (other than defined elements are allowed)
Used by / Uses
Used by 0 transactions and 3 templates, Uses 0 templates
One single participant, which is the product of the procedure (PRD), role of specimen
(SPEC) played by the playingEntity, which conveys the type of specimen collected (blood,
urine, tissue, ...)