Order Catalog Implementation Guide
1.0.0 - STU 1

Order Catalog Implementation Guide, published by HL7 International / Orders and Observations. This guide is not an authorized publication; it is the continuous build for version 1.0.0 built by the FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) CI Build. This version is based on the current content of https://github.com/HL7/fhir-order-catalog/ and changes regularly. See the Directory of published versions

## Example SpecimenDefinition: Lab specimen venous serum

Page standards status: Informative

Language: en-US

Profile: Laboratory IVD Specimen Definition

status: Active

typeCollected: Blood venous

collection: Venipuncture for blood test

> typeTested

> type: Serum

> preference: Preferred

> ### Containers

> - | Material | Type | Cap | Description | Capacity | MinimumVolume[x]
> * | plastic | Evacuated blood collection tube with clot activator | red cap | red cap plastic tube 5 mL | 5 milliliter (Details: UCUM codemL = 'mL') | 0.5 milliliter (Details: UCUM codemL = 'mL')

> ### RetentionTimes

> - | Value | Unit | System | Code
> * | 24 | hour | http://unitsofmeasure.org | h

> rejectionCriterion: blood specimen hemolized, insufficient quantity of specimen

> > handling

> > temperatureQualifier: room temperature or refrigerated

> > ### MaxDurations

> > - | Value | Unit | System | Code
> > * | 7 | day | http://unitsofmeasure.org | d

> > handling

> > temperatureQualifier: frozen

> > ### MaxDurations

> > - | Value | Unit | System | Code
> > * | 28 | day | http://unitsofmeasure.org | d

> typeTested

> type: Plasma

> preference: Alternate

> ### Containers

> - | Type | Cap | Description | Capacity | MinimumVolume[x]
> * | Evacuated blood collection tube with heparin lithium and gel separator | green cap | green cap plastic tube 5 mL | 5 milliliter (Details: UCUM codemL = 'mL') | 0.5 milliliter (Details: UCUM codemL = 'mL')

> ### RetentionTimes

> - | Value | Unit | System | Code
> * | 24 | hour | http://unitsofmeasure.org | h

> rejectionCriterion: blood specimen hemolized, insufficient quantity of specimen

> > handling

> > temperatureQualifier: room temperature or refrigerated

> > ### MaxDurations

> > - | Value | Unit | System | Code
> > * | 7 | day | http://unitsofmeasure.org | d

> > handling

> > temperatureQualifier: frozen

> > ### MaxDurations

> > - | Value | Unit | System | Code
> > * | 28 | day | http://unitsofmeasure.org | d