Chapter 13: Clinical Laboratory Automation
This chapter covers messages between the machines in a lab. It defines how specimen containers, analysers and the track between them report and receive instructions.
This chapter covers the machines in a lab. It covers specimen containers, analysers and the automation track that moves specimens between them. The messages report the status of a device or a container, and send instructions to a device. The SAC segment carries a container. This chapter is more mechanical than the rest of the standard, and most interface work never touches it.
What is in this chapter
- 13 trigger eventsthe real-world things that cause one of these messages to be sent
- 12 segmentsthe lines these messages are built from, and the fields on each
- 22 code tablesthe value sets the fields in this chapter draw from
- 13 message typesEAC, EAN, EAR, ESR, ESU, INR, INU, LSR, LSU, SSR, SSU, TCR, TCU
Message types defined here
EACAutomated equipment command message1 structure, fired by 1 trigger event.
EANAutomated equipment notification message1 structure, fired by 1 trigger event.
EARAutomated equipment response message1 structure, fired by 1 trigger event.
ESRAutomated equipment status update acknowledgment message1 structure, fired by 1 trigger event.
ESUAutomated equipment status update message1 structure, fired by 1 trigger event.
INRAutomated equipment inventory request message1 structure, fired by 1 trigger event.
INUAutomated equipment inventory update message1 structure, fired by 1 trigger event.
LSRAutomated equipment log/service request messageNamed by the standard without a structure of its own.
LSUAutomated equipment log/service update message1 structure, fired by 2 trigger events.
SSRSpecimen status request message1 structure, fired by 1 trigger event.
SSUSpecimen status update message1 structure, fired by 1 trigger event.
TCRAutomated equipment test code settings request messageNamed by the standard without a structure of its own.
TCUAutomated equipment test code settings update message1 structure, fired by 2 trigger events.
Segments defined here
These 12 segments are defined in chapter 13. Messages in other chapters may still carry them.
CNSClear Notification SegmentECDEquipment Command SegmentECREquipment Command Response SegmentEQPEquipment Log/Service SegmentEQUEquipment Detail SegmentINVInventory Detail SegmentISDInteraction Status Detail SegmentNDSNotification Detail SegmentSACSpecimen Container Detail SegmentSIDSubstance Identifier SegmentTCCTest Code Configuration SegmentTCDTest Code Detail Segment
Trigger events
A trigger event is the thing that happens in the hospital and causes a message to be sent. Chapter 13 defines 13 of them.
U01Automated Equipment Status UpdateU02Automated Equipment Status RequestU03Specimen Status UpdateU04Specimen Status RequestU05Automated Equipment Inventory UpdateU06Automated Equipment Inventory RequestU07Automated Equipment CommandU08Automated Equipment ResponseU09Automated Equipment NotificationU10Automated equipment test code settings updateU11Automated equipment test code settings requestU12Automated Equipment Log/Service UpdateU13Automated Equipment Log/Service Request