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7.2.2.5 Test Order Record (O)
This record holds information regarding analysis order and sample information to the
analyzer (within test order message) and to the host (within result message).
O|1||Sample1|^^^111\^^^121\^^^211\^^^212\^^^221|R||||||N||||||||||||||
O\Q
Response when the host does not have tests to be requested for this
patient
O|1|Sample1|||R||||||A||||||||||||||Z
Field Name Reference Format
Comments (Data Content) O|9.4.
Record Type ID (O) 09.4.01 ST ‘O’
Sequence Number 09.4.02 NM Indicates the sequence number of the Test Order Record at the current
layer. This record is in the layer following the Patient Information Record
and is reset to 1 for each occurrence of a new Patient Information Record.
It is numbered consecutively; 1, 2, etc., for each occurrence of this record.
Specimen ID*
Sample ID
^Rack ID / Carrier ID
^Position on
Rack/Carrier
09.4.03 CM Identification for samples host analyzer.
cobas c 111 instrument receives data:
The identification of a sample i.e. a barcode or an assigned number. The
max. Length is 23 characters.
Only the SampleID element is handled (the positional indicators are
ignored, as the position is recognized by the system itself and a sample
cannot be entered without having been identified before)
Samples: The identification
Controls: empty see action code field 09.4.12
cobas c 111 instrument transmits data: empty – field 09.4.04 will be
used instead