Appendix D: OsmoTECH PRO LIS Specification
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OsmoTECH PRO Multi-Sample Micro-Osmometer Service Guide
Request information record
The instrument can use this record to request the order
for a sample if it is not already present.
The LIS can use it to request results from previously
measured samples.
The fields used in this record are as specified in LIS2-A2:
11.1 Record type ID—Q identifies the record as a
request record.
11.2 Sequence number—Sequence number (integer)
of the request.
11.3 Starting range ID—Text field containing the
starting record to look up. It can have up to three
components:
– The first must be the sample ID (see 7.3 and
7.4) or blank
– The second must be the specimen ID (see
sections 8.4.3 and 8.4.4) or blank.
A wildcard character of * can be used for both
sample ID and specimen ID to indicate partial
matches.
Either a sample ID or a specimen ID must be
indicated (wcard only is fine).
11.5 Universal test ID—Text field containing up to four
parts describing the test type requested. This
code is always the four-letter code OSMO for the
instrument.
11.6 Nature of request time limits (optional)—Text field
containing the base for the time request
described below.
– R (default) indicates the result test date.
– S indicates the sample collection date.
11.7 Beginning request results date and time
(optional)—Text field containing the oldest date/
time to use in the look up. Defaults to all times if
date/time indicated.
11.8 Ending request results date and time (optional)—
Text field containing the newest date/time to use
in the look up.
11.9 Requesting physician name (optional)—Text field
containing the name of the doctor requesting the
result.
11.10 Requesting physician telephone number
(optional)—Text field containing the telephone
number of the doctor requesting the result.
11.11 User field (optional)—Text field containing any
special instructions for the request.
11.13 Requesting information status codes (optional)—
Text field containing the status of the request.
See the LIS2-A2 document for the codes and
their meaning.
Example
|1|A*^SP1^0|||R|20110517105358\|
DoctorXYZ|123-456-7890|Extra||N<CR>
<ETX>
Message terminator record
This record is used to signify the end of a message.
The fields used in this record are as specified in LIS2-A2:
12.1 Record type ID—L identifies the record as a
terminator record.
12.2 Sequence number—Sequence number (integer)
of the request.
12.3 Termination code (optional)—Single character
indicating the status of the message. See the
LIS2-A2 document for the possible codes
(defaults to N for normal if code is missing).
Example
L|1|N<CR><ETX>