Laboratory—specimen identifier, text X[X(39)]
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Specimen identifier |
METEOR identifier: | 428518 |
Registration status: | Health, Standard 15/11/2012 |
Definition: | Specimen identifier unique within a laboratory, as represented by text. |
Data Element Concept: | Laboratory—specimen identifier |
Value Domain: | Text X[X(39)] |
Value domain attributes | ||
Representational attributes | ||
Representation class: | Text | |
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Data type: | String | |
Format: | X[X(39)] | |
Maximum character length: | 40 | |
Value | Meaning | |
Permissible values: |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
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Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | The assignment of an identifier to a specimen allows the tracking of the specimen through receipt, processing, analysis, reporting and storage within the laboratory. |
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Collection methods: | |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (ACSQHC) |
Origin: | ACSQHC Healthcare Associated Infection Technical Working Group |
Relational attributes | |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Surveillance of healthcare associated infection: Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia NBPDS Health, Superseded 09/12/2022 Surveillance of healthcare associated infection: Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection NBPDS Health, Standard 09/12/2022 |
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