01331
Container Identifier
2011-03-06
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.
The NCCLS standard requires a unique identifier for each container introduced into the Laboratory Automation System. The combination of the fields: Primary Container ID, Container ID, Carrier ID / Position, Tray ID / Position must identify the container uniquely within the LAS. The naturally best solution is unique machine-readable ID attached to the container (which of course is sufficient to ensure the uniqueness of the fields' combination). A bar code that symbolizes this ID should meet the proposed standard NCCLS AUTO2 (Laboratory Automation: Bar Codes for Specimen Container Identification).
LengthNot specified
4 components
| 1 | O | - | Entity Identifier | |
| 2 | O | Namespace ID | ||
| 3 | C | - | Universal ID | |
| 4 | C | Universal ID Type |