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

## Example XML



```xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Specimen xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
	<id value="sst"/>
	<identifier>
		<type>
			<coding>
				<system value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v2-0203"/>
				<code value="ACSN"/>
				<display value="Accession ID"/>
			</coding>
		</type>
		<system value="http://acme.com/labs/accession-ids"/>
		<value value="20150816-00124"/>
	</identifier>
	<type>
		<coding>
			<system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/>
			<code value="119364003"/>
			<display value="Serum sample"/>
		</coding>
	</type>
	<subject>
		<reference value="Patient/pat2"/>
	</subject>
	<request>
		<reference value="ServiceRequest/ft4"/>
	</request>
	<collection>
		<collector>
			<reference value="Practitioner/f202"/>
		</collector>
		<collectedDateTime value="2015-08-16T06:40:17Z"/>
	</collection>
	<container>
	  <device>
  	   	 <reference>
	      <reference value="Device/device-example-specimen-container-example-sst-vacutainer"/>
  	   	 </reference>
	  </device>
	</container>
</Specimen>
```