# Lab specimen venous serum 3 mL - Order Catalog Implementation Guide v1.0.0

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* **Lab specimen venous serum 3 mL**

## Example SpecimenDefinition: Lab specimen venous serum 3 mL

| |
| :--- |
| *Page standards status:*[Informative](http://hl7.org/fhir/R5/versions.html#std-process) |

Language: en-US

Profile: [Laboratory IVD Specimen Definition](StructureDefinition-LabSpecimenDefinition.md)

**status**: Active

> **typeTested****type**: Serum**preference**: Preferred

### Containers

| | | |
| :--- | :--- | :--- |
| - | **Capacity** | **MinimumVolume[x]** |
| * | 5 milliliter (Details: UCUM codemL = 'mL') | 3 mL (Details: UCUM codemL = 'mL') |

### RetentionTimes

| | | | | |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| - | **Value** | **Unit** | **System** | **Code** |
| * | 24 | hour | [http://unitsofmeasure.org](http://tx.fhir.org/r5/ValueSet/x-ucum) | h |

**rejectionCriterion**: blood specimen hemolized
> **handling****temperatureQualifier**: room temperature or refrigerated

### MaxDurations

| | | | | |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| - | **Value** | **Unit** | **System** | **Code** |
| * | 4 | day | [http://unitsofmeasure.org](http://tx.fhir.org/r5/ValueSet/x-ucum) | d |





## Resource Content

```json
{
  "resourceType" : "SpecimenDefinition",
  "id" : "example-specimen-3ml-serum",
  "meta" : {
    "profile" : ["http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/order-catalog/StructureDefinition/LabSpecimenDefinition"]
  },
  "language" : "en-US",
  "status" : "active",
  "typeTested" : [{
    "type" : {
      "coding" : [{
        "system" : "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v2-0487",
        "code" : "SER",
        "display" : "Serum"
      }]
    },
    "preference" : "preferred",
    "container" : {
      "capacity" : {
        "value" : 5,
        "unit" : "milliliter",
        "system" : "http://unitsofmeasure.org",
        "code" : "mL"
      },
      "minimumVolumeQuantity" : {
        "value" : 3,
        "system" : "http://unitsofmeasure.org",
        "code" : "mL"
      }
    },
    "retentionTime" : {
      "value" : 24,
      "unit" : "hour",
      "system" : "http://unitsofmeasure.org",
      "code" : "h"
    },
    "rejectionCriterion" : [{
      "coding" : [{
        "system" : "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/rejection-criteria",
        "code" : "hemolized"
      }],
      "text" : "blood specimen hemolized"
    }],
    "handling" : [{
      "temperatureQualifier" : {
        "text" : "room temperature or refrigerated"
      },
      "maxDuration" : {
        "value" : 4,
        "unit" : "day",
        "system" : "http://unitsofmeasure.org",
        "code" : "d"
      }
    }]
  }]
}

```
