---
type: "example"
title: "Specimen Example: specimen-example-pooled-serum"
resource: "Specimen"
example: "specimen-example-pooled-serum"
---
# Specimen Example: specimen-example-pooled-serum

## Example XML



```xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!-- 
 An example of a pooled serum sample used in the screening observation for Mycoplasmal Pneumonia in Pigs
(Enzootic pneumonia).  Many thanks to Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory Iowa State University for the data.-->
<Specimen xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://hl7.org/fhir file:///C:/Users/Eric/Downloads/fhir-all-xsd/structuredefinition.xsd">
	<id value="pooled-serum"/>
	<!--  the accessionId assigned by the lab-->
	<identifier>
		<type>
			<coding>
				<system value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v2-0203"/>
				<code value="ACSN"/>
				<display value="Accession ID"/>
			</coding>
		</type>
		<system value="https://vetmed.iastate.edu/vdl"/>
		<value value="20171120-1234"/>
	</identifier>
	<identifier>
		<type>
			<coding>
				<system value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v2-0203"/>
				<code value="ACSN"/>
				<display value="Accession ID"/>
			</coding>
		</type>
		<system value="https://vetmed.iastate.edu/vdl"/>
		<value value="20171120-1234"/>
	</identifier>
	<!-- Pooled serum sample from 30 individuals in the herd- no Snomed Code for this - used a made up local code-->
	<type>
		<coding>
			<system value="https://vetmed.iastate.edu/vdl"/>
			<code value="Serum sample, pooled"/>
			<display value="Serum sample, pooled"/>
		</coding>
		<text  value="Pooled serum sample"></text>
	</type>
	<!-- subject is a herd of breeding sows -->
	<subject>
		<reference value="Group/herd1"/>
	</subject>

	<combined value = "pooled" />
	     
	<collection>
		<collector>
			<display value="James Herriot, FRCVS"></display>
		</collector>
		<collectedDateTime value="2017-11-14"/>
	</collection>
	<container>
	   <device>
  	   	 <reference>
	      <reference value="Device/device-example-specimen-container-red-top-vacutainer"/>
  	   	 </reference>
	   </device>
	</container>
	<note>
		<text value="Pooled serum sample from 30 individuals"></text>
	</note>
</Specimen>
```