Class: SpecimenProcessingActivity

An activity that modifies the physical structure, composition, or state of a specimen. Unlike SpecimenCreation, SpecimenProcessing activities do not result in the generation of new entities - they take a single specimen as input, and output that same specimen.

URI: crdch:SpecimenProcessingActivity

Parents

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

Referenced by Class

• Specimen ➞processing_activity _0..* SpecimenProcessingActivity

Attributes

Own

• activity_type _0..1
  • Description: The high-level type of processing activity
  • Range: CodeableConcept
  • Examples: Fixation, Freezing, Mounting, Preservation
• date_started _0..1
  • Description: The date when the activity began (in this case, a specimen processing event).
  • Range: TimePoint
• date_ended _0..1
  • Description: The date when the activity began (in this case, a specimen processing event).
  • Range: TimePoint
• duration _0..*
  • Description: The length of time over which the activity was performed.
  • Range: Quantity
• performed_by _0..1
  • Description: The organization or group that performed the activity.
  • Range: Organization
• method_type _0..1
  • Description: A specific type of method or procedure performed to process the specimen
  • Range: CodeableConcept
  • Examples: Snap Freezing, Cryopreservation in liquid nitrogen (dead tissue), Cryopreservation in dry ice (dead tissue), Formalin fixed paraffin embedded (FFPE), Formalin fixed-unbuffered, Formalin fixed-buffered, OCT
• additive _0..*
  • Description: A type of material or reagent used as input when processing the specimen
  • Range: Substance
  • Example: Formalin
• 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

Other properties

Comments:		"Processing" as defined here alters the physical nature of a specimen, such that storage or transport activities do not qualify as processing activities. When instantiating this class, create a separate instances for each type/method of processing performed (e.g. each method of fixation, freezing, labeling, etc. that is applied).