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18.7.10 SSR/ACK - Specimen Status Request (Event U04) (13.3.4)

This message is used to request information concerning the location and status of specimens from one application to another (e.g., Laboratory Automation System to automated equipment). The request can be addressed for a specific container, a specific carrier, a specific tray or a specific location, depending on the arguments set in the SAC segment. The equipment specified in the EQU segment should respond with the "Specimen Status Update."

Segment Cardinality Implement Status
SSR^U04^SSR_U04
MSH

Message Header

[1..1] SHALL
SFT

Software Segment

 
EQU

Equipment Detail

[1..1] SHALL
SPECIMEN_CONTAINER [1..*] SHALL
SAC

Specimen Container detail

[1..1] SHALL
SPM

Specimen

 
ROL

Role

[0..1]   B

 

SSR_U04

MSH-15 MSH-16 Immediate ACK Application Ack
Blank Blank - SSU^U03^SSU_U03
NE NE - -
AL, SU, ER NE ACK^U04^ACK -
NE AL, SU, ER - SSU^U03^SSU_U03
AL, SU, ER AL, SU, ER ACK^U04^ACK SSU^U03^SSU_U03
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