A Specimen resource represents a sample used for analysis.
See the FHIR documentation for more information about Specimen resources.
Specimen resources support the following interactions.
When searching for Specimen resources, the following search parameters are supported.
Name | Type | Prefixes
Modifiers |
Can be Chained? | Description |
---|---|---|---|---|
_id | Token | Resource id. | ||
_lastUpdated | Date | ne lt le gt ge sa eb ap | When the resource last changed. | |
_source | Uri | :missing | Where the resource comes from. | |
bodysite | Token | :not :in :notin :missing | The code for the body site from where the specimen originated. | |
date | Date | ne lt le gt ge sa eb ap :missing | See the HL7 FHIR documentation. | |
encounter | Reference | :missing | yes | Searches for specimens by their associated encounter. |
identifier | Token | :missing | The unique identifier associated with the specimen. | |
patient | Reference | :missing | yes | The patient the specimen comes from. |
provenance-agent | Reference | :missing | yes | Search by provenance, specified by its author (aka originator) Organization. |
subject | Reference | :missing | yes | The subject of the specimen. |
type | Token | :not :in :notin :missing | The specimen type. |
When searching Specimen resources, it is possible to sort the returned values by the following search parameters.
Only one sort parameter may be specified.
When searching Specimen resources, it is possible to include the resources referenced by the following field names.