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{
  "resourceType": "CodeSystem",
  "id": "specimen-collection-codesystem",
  "text": {
    "status": "generated",
    "div": "<!-- snip (see above) -->"
  },
  "url": "https://fhir.slade360.co.ke/fhir/CodeSystem/specimen-collection-codesystem",
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "name": "SGHISpecimenCollectionCodeSystem",
  "title": "SGHI Specimen Collection Code System",
  "status": "active",
  "experimental": false,
  "date": "2026-10-02T07:33:51+00:00",
  "publisher": "Kathurima Kimathi",
  "contact": [
    {
      "name": "Kathurima Kimathi",
      "telecom": [
        {
          "system": "url",
          "value": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/kathurima-kimathi/"
        },
        {
          "system": "email",
          "value": "kathurimakimathi415@gmail.com"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Oscar John",
      "telecom": [
        {
          "system": "email",
          "value": "oscarjohnotieno@gmail.com",
          "use": "work"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Kennedy Omondi",
      "telecom": [
        {
          "system": "email",
          "value": "kennankole@gmail.com",
          "use": "work"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "description": "A code system enumerating the specimen collection concepts with no home in HL7 terminology: the containers a sample is collected into, and how the draw itself went.",
  "caseSensitive": true,
  "content": "complete",
  "count": 16,
  "concept": [
    {
      "code": "swab",
      "display": "Swab",
      "definition": "Material collected on a swab, whatever the site. The site is recorded on the specimen, not in this code."
    },
    {
      "code": "edta-tube",
      "display": "EDTA tube (purple top)",
      "definition": "Tube carrying potassium EDTA anticoagulant, used for haematology."
    },
    {
      "code": "sst-gel-tube",
      "display": "SST gel tube (gold top)",
      "definition": "Serum separator tube with a polymer gel barrier, used for most chemistry and serology."
    },
    {
      "code": "plain-tube",
      "display": "Plain tube (red top)",
      "definition": "Tube with no additive, letting the sample clot for serum."
    },
    {
      "code": "citrate-tube",
      "display": "Sodium citrate tube (blue top)",
      "definition": "Tube carrying buffered sodium citrate at a fixed blood-to-additive ratio, used for coagulation. Sensitive to a short draw."
    },
    {
      "code": "fluoride-oxalate-tube",
      "display": "Fluoride oxalate tube (grey top)",
      "definition": "Tube carrying sodium fluoride and potassium oxalate, which halts glycolysis for glucose and lactate."
    },
    {
      "code": "lithium-heparin-tube",
      "display": "Lithium heparin tube (green top)",
      "definition": "Tube carrying lithium heparin anticoagulant, used for plasma chemistry."
    },
    {
      "code": "blood-culture-aerobic",
      "display": "Blood culture bottle (aerobic)",
      "definition": "Culture bottle for organisms that grow in the presence of oxygen."
    },
    {
      "code": "blood-culture-anaerobic",
      "display": "Blood culture bottle (anaerobic)",
      "definition": "Culture bottle for organisms that grow in the absence of oxygen."
    },
    {
      "code": "sterile-universal-container",
      "display": "Sterile universal container",
      "definition": "A sterile screw-top pot for urine, stool, sputum and other unpreserved samples."
    },
    {
      "code": "formalin-pot",
      "display": "Formalin pot (10% neutral buffered)",
      "definition": "Pot pre-filled with 10% neutral buffered formalin, for tissue going to histopathology."
    },
    {
      "code": "cytology-fixative-pot",
      "display": "Cytology fixative pot",
      "definition": "Pot pre-filled with cytology fixative, for samples going to cytology."
    },
    {
      "code": "amies-swab",
      "display": "Transport swab (Amies medium)",
      "definition": "A swab in Amies transport medium, keeping organisms viable on the way to microbiology."
    },
    {
      "code": "clean-draw",
      "display": "Clean draw",
      "definition": "The draw went cleanly and the sample is fit for testing."
    },
    {
      "code": "difficult-draw",
      "display": "Difficult draw",
      "definition": "The draw needed more than one attempt or prolonged venous access. The sample stands, but results sensitive to a traumatic draw are read with it in mind."
    },
    {
      "code": "short-draw",
      "display": "Short draw, under volume",
      "definition": "The container was filled below its target volume. It matters most where the blood-to-additive ratio is fixed, as in a citrate tube."
    }
  ]
}