Subset: Specimen role
[SPM.11] - The role or overall type of specimen being submitted for testing. (Ex. control, patient, pool)
Organization: USDA-APHIS-VS
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Code Text Coding System Comments
B Blind Sample HL70369  
C Calibrator, used for initial setting of calibration HL70369  
Q Control specimen HL70369  
E Electronic QC, used with manufactured reference providing signals that simulate QC results HL70369  
G Group (where a specimen consists of multiple individual elements that are not individually identified) HL70369  
P Patient HL70369  
L Pool (aliquots of individual specimens combined to form a single specimen representing all of the components.) HL70369  
R Replicate HL70369  
O Specimen used for testing Operator Proficiency HL70369  
F Specimen used for testing proficiency of the organization performing the testing (Filler) HL70369  
V Verifying Calibrator, used for periodic calibration checks HL70369