---
type: "example"
title: "SpecimenDefinition Example: specimendefinition-example"
resource: "SpecimenDefinition"
example: "specimendefinition-example"
---
# SpecimenDefinition Example: specimendefinition-example

## Example XML



```xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<SpecimenDefinition xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://hl7.org/fhir ../../schema/SpecimenDefinition.xsd">
	<id value="7"/>
    <url value="http://example-lab.com/specdef/123455" />    
    <identifier>
       <value value="123455" />
    </identifier> 
    <title value = 'Venous blood specimen' /> 
    <status value="active" />
    <experimental value="true" />
    <typeCollected>
        <coding>
            <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/>
            <code value="122555007"/>
        </coding>
        <text value="Venous blood specimen (specimen)"/>
    </typeCollected>
    <patientPreparation>
       <text value="no strict fasting"/>
    </patientPreparation> 
    <typeTested>
       <isDerived value="true" />
       <type>
            <coding>
                <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/>
                <code value="119364003"/>
            </coding>
            <text value="Serum specimen (specimen)"/>
        </type>
       <preference value="preferred" />
       <container>
          <material>
              <text value="glass"/>
          </material>
          <type>
            <coding>
                <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/>
                <code value="702281005"/>
                <display value="Evacuated blood collection tube with thrombin and clot activator and gel separator"/>
            </coding>
           </type>
           <cap>
              <coding>
                <system value="http://terminology.hl7.org/5.1.0/CodeSystem-container-cap.html"/>
                <code value="yellow"/>
                <display value="yellow cap"/>
              </coding>
            </cap>
            <minimumVolumeQuantity>
                 <value value="2"/>
                 <unit value="ml"/>
                 <system value="http://unitsofmeasure.org"/>
                 <code value="mL"/>
            </minimumVolumeQuantity>
       </container>
       <handling>
            <temperatureQualifier>
                 <coding>
                    <code value="room"/>
                    <display value="room temperature" />
                 </coding>   
            </temperatureQualifier>
            <temperatureRange>
                <low>
                    <value value="15"/>
                    <unit value="°C"/>
                    <system value="http://unitsofmeasure.org"/>
                    <code value="Cel"/>
                 </low>
                <high>
                    <value value="25"/>
                    <unit value="°C"/>            
                    <system value="http://unitsofmeasure.org"/>
                    <code value="Cel"/>
                </high>
            </temperatureRange>
            <maxDuration>
                <value value="12"/>
                <system value="http://unitsofmeasure.org"/>
                <code value="h"/>
            </maxDuration>
        </handling>
    </typeTested>  
</SpecimenDefinition>
```