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SPECIMEN #

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69.01

Fields

#	Name	Location	Type	Details	Index	Description
.001	specimen #		11			The sequence number of individual specimens on orders for a given date.
.01	lrdfn(+)	0;1	POINTER	63	AA	The internal number in the Lab Data file 63.
.02	parent file		COMPUTED			Computed field to give the parent file of the data in file 63.
.03	name		COMPUTED			Computed field to give the name of the entry of the data in file 63 from the parent file for that entry.
.11	oerr order #	0;11	FREE TEXT			This field is used to store the OE/RR order number that links Lab with OE/RR.
1	entering person(+)	0;2	POINTER	200		Points to NEW PERSON file. Automatically stored.
2	specimen	4;0	MULTIPLE	69.02		Points to the specimen(s) for the given order. (Some areas of lab treat a collection of samples as a SINGLE collection "sample").
3	collection sample(+)	0;3	POINTER	62		Points to the collection sample appropriate for the test(s) ordered.
4	lab,imm or ward collect	0;4	SET OF CODES	LC:LAB COLLECT WC:WARD COLLECT SP:SEND PATIENT I:IMM. LAB COLLECT P:POC		This designates how the sample or specimen is to reach the lab.
5	date/time ordered	0;5	DATE-TIME			Self explanatory.
5.5	est. date/time of collection	0;8	DATE-TIME			This is the estimated time of the collection.
6	test	2;0	MULTIPLE	69.03		The tests for the specimen.
7	provider(+)	0;6	POINTER	200		The person signing for the order.
8	report routing location(+)	0;7	POINTER	44	AC	The service or location from which the order is originating, and where the report will be returned.
9.5	order #	.1;1	FREE TEXT			The unique assigned order number for an ordering session for one "patient".
10	date/time of collection(+)	1;1	DATE-TIME			When the specimen was collected from the "patient".
11	date/time obtained inexact	1;2	BOOLEAN	1:YES 0:NO		If the time the specimen is obtained is not even approximate, this field is set to yes.
12	collector(+)	1;3	POINTER	200		The phlebotomist who is accessioning the collected order.
13	collection status	1;4	SET OF CODES	C:COLLECTED U:UNCOLLECTED M:MERGE		This indicates whether the order is collected or uncollected.
14	*volume	1;5	FREE TEXT			No longer used.
15	comment	1;6	FREE TEXT			Single line comment about the order.
16	ward comments on specimen	6;0	WORD-PROCESSING			Comments about the order.
20	lab arrival time	3;1	DATE-TIME			Self explanatory.
21	date/time results available	3;2	DATE-TIME			This is the date/time ALL results for this specimen are complete. The field is set by the software when the results are released and reported outside the laboratory system.
22	merge order #	1;7	FREE TEXT			If this order was merged with another order, the order number for that order is entered here. Automatically stuffed by the system.
23	ordering location	0;9	POINTER	44		This field contains the location ordering the test and to whom completed results will be sent.
24	counted for workload	0;10	BOOLEAN	1:YES		If this accession has been tallied to wkld totals, a yes will be stuffed into this field by the software which runs in the background.
25	institution	1;8	POINTER	4		This field contains the institution entering the request for this particular test. This field becomes very important when dealing with multi-divisional sites.
30	pce enc #	PCE;1	FREE TEXT			This field contains a list of PCE Encounters generated for this specimen. If ther are multiple laboratory accession areas required for this order, encounter numbers will be stored separated by semi-colons. This field is also used to control the building of the ^LRO(69,"AE") should LAB ORDER ENTRY (#69) file were to be re-indexed. If the field is defined then the Cancel By field DD(69.03,10,0) will not recreate the X-Reference. The ^LRO(69,"AE") cross reference is used to pass deleted test information to PCE so that the billing record can be updated.