Roche/Hitachi cobas c 311 analyzer Record structure
Comment Record, that follows the order record (used for patient demographic data)
Roche Diagnostics May 2011
Host Interface Manual – Version 1.3 E-14
Comment Record, that follows the order record (used for patient
demographic data)
cobas type (Upload, Download)
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(1)(2)(3) (4) (5)
Comments
No
Field
No.
Field Type Max
cobas Type
(1) 1 Record Type ID ST 1 ‘C’ fixed.
(2) 2 Sequence Number NM 6 Indicates sequence No. Normally it is ‘1’
Record in the current layer. Since this record is in the layer following the Test Request
Record, it is reset to ‘1’ each time a new Test Request Record is presented and then
numbered consecutively; 1, 2, etc
(3) 3 Comment Source ST 1 If comment is sent from Host, "L" is displayed. If comment is send from analyzer, "I" is
displayed.
(4) 4 Comment Text CM
104
Indicates comment for sample. It is possible to display it on the screen and edit it. If there is no comment,
‘^^^^’ is needed to send using with no comment mode.
<Comment1>^<Comment2>^<Comment3>^Comment4>^<Comment5>
Element Max Length Format
Comment1 30 ST
Comment2 25 ST
Comment3 20 ST
Comment4 15 ST
Comment5 10 ST
Note: In the case of analyzer to host, each comment is a fixed length string. If the length
of the comment is less than the specified number, the string must be right-filled with an
adequate number of spaces.
(5) 5 Comment Type ST 1 “G” fixed.