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Class: SpecimenCreationActivity

The process of creating a specimen. This may occur through observing and/or collecting material from an biological source or natural setting, or through derivation from an existing specimen (e.g. via portioning or aliquoting).

URI: crdch:SpecimenCreationActivity

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Parents

  • is_a: Entity - Any resource that has its own identifier

Referenced by class

Attributes

Own

  • activity_type 0..1
    • Description: The high-level type of creation activity.
    • Range: CodeableConcept
    • Examples: Collection from Source, Derivation from Specimen
  • date_started 0..1
    • Description: The date when the activity began (in this case, a specimen creation event).
    • Range: TimePoint
  • date_ended 0..1
    • Description: The date when the activity ended (in this case, a specimen creation event).
    • Range: TimePoint
  • performed_by 0..1
    • Description: The organization or group that performed the activity.
    • Range: Organization
  • collection_method_type 0..1
    • Description: The type of method applied in collecting a sample from its original source.
    • Range: CodeableConcept
    • Examples: Anterior Resection of Rectum, Ascites Drainage, Excisional Biopsy, Specimen Pooling
  • derivation_method_type 0..1
    • Description: The type of method applied to derive a new specimen from an existing one.
    • Range: CodeableConcept
    • Examples: Vibratome, Cryosectioning, Tissuemolds, Slidingmicrotome, Sectioning, Other, Unknown, NotReported
  • additive 0..*
    • Description: A type of material or reagent used applied as input when creating a specimen.
    • Range: Substance
  • collection_site 0..1
    • Description: The anatomic site from which a specimen was collected.
    • Range: BodySite
    • Examples: Abdomen, Abdominal Wall, Acetabulum
  • quantity_collected 0..1
    • Description: The quantity of material in the specimen as originally collected from its original source material (prior to downstream portioning or processing)
    • Range: Quantity
  • execution_time_observation 0..*
    • Description: Information describing how long certain parts on an activity took to complete.
    • Range: ExecutionTimeObservation
  • execution_condition_observation 0..*
    • Description: Information describing the environmental conditions in which an activity, or a specific part of an activity, was performed.
    • Range: ExecutionConditionObservation
  • specimen_order 0..1
    • Description: A numeric value that represents the sequential order of this creation activity relative to those producing other specimens from the same source material or parent specimen.
    • Range: CrdchInteger

Other properties

Comments: A creation' activity represents the entire process up to the point where the specimen is physically modified, stored, or transported.