01331

Container Identifier

2000-12-20
Components: <entity identifier (ST)> ^ <namespace ID (IS)> ^ <universal ID (ST)> ^ <universal ID type (ID)>

Definition: This field identifies the container. This field is the container's unique identifier assigned by the corresponding equipment. A container may contain the primary (original) specimen or an aliquot (secondary sample) of that specimen. For primary sample this field contains Primary Container ID; for bar-coded aliquot samples this field contains Aliquot Container ID; for non-bar-coded aliquot samples (e.g., microtiter plate) this field is empty[9]

Length≤80
4 components
1O-entity identifier
2Onamespace ID
3O-universal ID
4Ouniversal ID type