# Throat Swab Specimen Example - Health eData 1 Sandbox v0.1.0

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* [**Artifacts Summary**](artifacts.md)
* **Throat Swab Specimen Example**

## Example Specimen: Throat Swab Specimen Example

Profile: [US Core Specimen Profile](http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/2026Jan/StructureDefinition-us-core-specimen.html)

**accessionIdentifier**: `http://acme.com/labs/accession-ids`/20220927-00127

**type**: Throat swab (specimen)

**subject**: [Amy V. Baxter (no stated gender), DoB: 1987-02-20 ( Medical Record Number: 1032702 (use: usual, ))](http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/2026Jan/Patient-example.html)

### Collections

| | | |
| :--- | :--- | :--- |
| - | **Collected[x]** | **Method** |
| * | 2022-09-27 18:07:12+0000 | Taking of swab (procedure) |

### Containers

| | |
| :--- | :--- |
| - | **Type** |
| * | Sterile swab transport tube |



## Resource Content

```json
{
  "resourceType" : "Specimen",
  "id" : "throat-swab",
  "meta" : {
    "extension" : [{
      "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/instance-name",
      "valueString" : "Throat Swab Specimen Example"
    },
    {
      "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/instance-description",
      "valueMarkdown" : "This example of a *US Core Specimen Profile* illustrates a throat swab specimen obtained by swab collection."
    }],
    "profile" : ["http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/StructureDefinition/us-core-specimen"]
  },
  "accessionIdentifier" : {
    "system" : "http://acme.com/labs/accession-ids",
    "value" : "20220927-00127"
  },
  "type" : {
    "coding" : [{
      "system" : "http://snomed.info/sct",
      "version" : "http://snomed.info/sct/731000124108",
      "code" : "258529004",
      "display" : "Throat swab (specimen)"
    }]
  },
  "subject" : {
    "reference" : "Patient/example"
  },
  "collection" : {
    "collectedDateTime" : "2022-09-27T18:07:12Z",
    "method" : {
      "coding" : [{
        "system" : "http://snomed.info/sct",
        "version" : "http://snomed.info/sct/731000124108",
        "code" : "285570007",
        "display" : "Taking of swab (procedure)"
      }]
    }
  },
  "container" : [{
    "type" : {
      "text" : "Sterile swab transport tube"
    }
  }]
}

```
