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ASTM Bio-Connect ASTM Bio-Connect ASTM Bio-Connect ASTM Bio-Connect Version: Version: Version: Version: 1.

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R = Required
O = Optional
*=See Description
Section Section Section Section Field Name Field Name Field Name Field Name Field Content Field Content Field Content Field Content Field Description Field Description Field Description Field Description
7.1.1 Record Type ID H Header R
7.1.2 Delimiter Definition |\^& R
7.1.5 SenderID
BioConnect
^VersionNumber
^Sendor ID
^Instrument Device ID
R
7.1.10 RecieverID User definable and maybe null O
7.1.12 Processing ID
P
Q
Patient Data or QC Data O
7.1.14 Date and Time of Msg YYYYMMDDHHMMSS Datetime of ASTM transmission R
8.1.1 Record Type ID P Patient Record R
8.1.2 Seq Number 1 to n as defined by ASTM 6.6.7 R
8.1.3 Practice Patient ID O
8.1.4 Lab Assign Patient ID Patient ID/QC Lot ID O
8.1.6 Patient Name
Last Name^First Name^Middle Initial for patient Record or QC
Level for QC Data (if available)
O
8.1.7
8.1.8 DOB YYYYMMDDHHMMSS As defined by ASTM 6.6.2 O
8.1.9 Sex
M
F
U
Male
Female
Unknown
O
8.1.10 Patient Race O
8.1.11 Patient Address O
8.1.13 Patient Phone No O
8.1.14 Attending Doctor ID O
8.1.15 Special Field1
OBS
LQC
UNK
Patient Data
Data from QC test
Unknown
O
8.1.16 Special Field2 Expiry Date Expiry date for ControlReagent (Required for QC Data) *
8.1.26 Location
Facility Name
^Location Name
^Room
^Bed Number
Location for the patient (Required for Patient Data) *
9.4.1 Record Type ID O Order Record R
9.4.2 Seq Number 1 to n as defined by ASTM 6.6.7 R
9.4.3 Specimen ID QC Sample ID (if available) O
9.4.4 Instrument Specimen ID Accession Number (if available) O
9.4.5 Universal Test ID
^^^ALL or
^^^Test ID/ProfileID
^Test Name/Profile Name
^Dilution
if empty it is treated as ^^^ALL O
9.4.8 Specimen Collection Date YYYYMMDDHHMMSS Time of specimen collecton O
9.4.9 Collection End Time YYYYMMDDHHMMSS see ASTM 6.6.2 O
9.4.10 Collection Volume
value
^Unit
O
9.4.11 CollectorID O
9.4.12 Action Code Q QC result (empty if Patient Data) R
9.4.15 Specimen Receive Date YYYYMMDDHHMMSS O
9.4.16 Specimen Descriptor
Type
^source
O
9.4.25 Instrument Section ID
Where the test is performed (could be a section of the device or
the actual device ID)
R
9.4.26 Report Types
U for Unknown Result Type or Type defined
in ASTM 9.4.26
See ASTM 9.4.26 R
9.4.27
9.4.28
Specimen Collection
Location
Facility Name
^Location Name
^Room
^Bed Number
Applies to Patient Data only *
10.1.1 Record Type ID R Result Record R
10.1.2 Seq Number 1 to n see ASTM 6.6.7 R
10.1.3 Universal Test ID
Universal Test ID
^Universal Test Name
^Universal Test Type
^Instrument Test ID (code known by the
instrument)
^Instrument Test Name
^Miscellanous Test Info
R
10.1.4 Data or Measurement Result Data R
10.1.5 Units Units O
10.1.6 Reference Range
(If numeric range is available)
[normal low;normal High]
^[abnormal low;abnormal High]
(If numeric range is available)
normal low < value value value value < normal High
abnormal low < value value value value < abnormal High
O
10.1.7 Result abnormal Flag
C
P
F
X or Blank
I
S
M
R
N
Q
V
W
J
Connection of previously transmitted result (Initate by instrument)
Preliminary Result
Final Result
Undertermined
In instrument, results pending
Partial results
MIC level result
Previously transmitted result
Result contains necessary information to run new order
Result response to outstanding query
Verified result
Questionable result
Rejected Result
O
10.1.9 Result Status See ASTM 10.1.9 O
10.1.11 Operator ID
User ID
^Releaser initial
O
10.1.12 Test Start Datetime YYYYMMDDHHMMSS see ASTM 6.6.2 O
10.1.13 Test End Datetime YYYYMMDDHHMMSS see ASTM 6.6.3 O
10.1.14 Instrument ID
Where the test is performed (could be a section of the device or
the actual device ID)
O
11.1.1 Record Type ID C Comment Record R
11.1.2 Seq Number 1 to n see ASTM 6.6.7 R
11.1.3 Comment Source
P
L
I
Practice
Computer System
Clinical Instrument System
R
11.1.4 Comment Value Source content^detail Type R
11.1.5 Comment Type G, T, P, N, I see ASTM 11.1.5 R
12.1.1 Record Type ID Q Request Record R
12.1.2 Seq Number 1 to n see ASTM 6.6.7 R
12.1.3 Starting Range ID
Patient ID
^Accession Number
^Instrument Specimen ID
One of the records (Patient ID, Accession Number or Instrument
Specimen ID) must be present
R
12.1.5 Universal Test ID
ALL or
^^^Test ID 1/^^^Test ID 2/^^^Test ID 3/
Require if request outstanding orders to be sent. Please note
senting indivdual test ID(s) may not work for all instruments
*
12.1.13
Request Information Status
Code
O
D
P
F
X
Order
Patient Demographic (e.g. patient records)
Preliminary Result
Final Result
Result unknown
R
13.1.1 Record Type ID L Terminator Record R
13.1.2 Seq Number 1 Must be 1 R
13.1.3 Termination Code
N
E
Normal Termination
Unknown System Error
R

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