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

Parents

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

Referenced by Class

• Specimen ➞creation_activity _0..1 SpecimenCreationActivity

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.