Specimen

A Specimen resource represents a sample used for analysis.

Sample Query

Find specimens for a particular patient:

https://fhir.careevolution.com/Master.Adapter1.WebClient/api/fhir/Specimen?patient=f4968df0-3121-e611-8128-0a69c1b3225b

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 :not-in :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 is about.
provenance-agent	Reference	:missing	yes	Search by provenance, specified by its author (aka originator) Organization.
subject	Reference	:missing	yes	The patient the Specimen is about. Functionally identical to the "patient" search parameter.
type	Token	:not :in :not-in :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.